life raft
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Rising Treasury yields have put pressure on yield-sensitive investments like utilities, real-estate investment trusts and home-builder stocks, while the market has fallen back on a familiar life raft: tech stocks.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 27, 2026
“Go go go go go go! Lower the life raft, and get dressed quickly!” someone shouted in a combination of Chinese and English.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
What followed was an hours-long ordeal on a life raft, as the pilot and the passengers waited for rescuers to find them.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
Carlson can sense a sinking ship, and he is jumping into a life raft.
From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2026
I latched on to it, tightly as a life raft upon a churning ocean.
From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon
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