security blanket
Example Sentences
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The Hurricanes punished him all night, sometimes legally, sometimes questionably, but he stayed composed, turning to unheralded receiver Charlie Becker as a security blanket.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026
He wouldn’t have the same security blanket at USC.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2025
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
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
Inspect every piece of pseudoscience and you will find a security blanket, a thumb to suck, a skirt to hold.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
