preserver
Example Sentences
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Reflecting on the press, he later noted, "The press has pretensions of being a crusader but is more often a preserver of the status quo."
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2025
I let myself play the victim twice — first of the debt itself, then of the life preserver tossed to bring me back onboard.
From Salon ● May 11, 2025
If Dopamine, with its low, labor-of-love operating costs, proves economically sustainable, it could be a life preserver in a perfect storm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2023
Harris and his Commanders may be her life preserver — at a cost.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 13, 2023
But a life preserver is flattering on nobody.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
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