security blanket

Russian aggression to the east, and a United States less keen on providing the west with a security blanket, have focused minds - and budgets - on Europe's military needs.

American presidents going back to Dwight D. Eisenhower in the late 1950s have complained, with good reason, about Europeans getting a free ride from the US security blanket over Europe.

Endries emerged as a reliable security blanket for Harris, who targeted him throughout the game.

“True security blanket. He’s someone I can go to at any moment and he’s going to make a big play happen.”

They act as a filing system, inspiration and even a security blanket, but when the case is solved, Preston asks: “Why would she need the totes anymore?”