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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2024

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

Perhaps it would have turned out differently if Mahomes had Kelce, his All-Pro tight end and sure-handed security blanket, who missed the game after hyperextending his knee in practice two days earlier.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 8, 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