security blanket
Example Sentences
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That uniformity is a security blanket for Joy Yip, a 47-year-old real-estate agent who recently visited a Costco near Tokyo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
While premiums have gone up in recent years, and coverage maxes out at $250,000, the program still constitutes a security blanket on Florida’s Gulf Coast, where coverage rates are high.
From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2024
Tight end Colston Loveland, McCarthy’s security blanket, will be back.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2024
One of the game’s best route runners, the dependable Cooper is a security blanket for Watson and P.J.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 2, 2023
Only then, under the bright fluorescents, did he let the lighter go out, clutching it like a security blanket.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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