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
Standing next to the wreckage on the beach, a reporter for Italian RAI state TV noted a life preserver bearing the word “Smyrna,” a Turkish port also known as Izmir.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 26, 2023
Isn’t it finally time for that life preserver?
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2022
But a life preserver is flattering on nobody.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
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