port in a storm

Example Sentences

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Season 5 continues that “Wizard of Oz” connection by naming Juno Temple’s scrappy heroine Dorothy Lyon, but her port in a storm isn’t a wonderland or Camp Utopia, as it claims to be.

From Salon • Dec. 27, 2023

"Charles Schwab remains a safe port in a storm, driven by its conservative balance sheet, strong liquidity position," the company said in a statement.

From Reuters • Mar. 17, 2023

It is, at any rate, one spirit-lifting port in a storm.

From Seattle Times • May 7, 2022

"Any port in a storm, as it were."

From Slate • Feb. 27, 2013

“But I thank you. Any port in a storm, they say, but I take home port if I got a choice.”

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson