life preserver
Example Sentences
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Standing next to the wreckage on the beach, a reporter for Italian RAI state TV noted a life preserver bearing the word “Smyrna,” a Turkish port also known as Izmir.
From Seattle Times
Isn’t it finally time for that life preserver?
From Los Angeles Times
Alex Jones kept trying to throw him a life preserver, and Kanye would just slap it away," he added. "It was pretty f**king crazy.
From Salon
In the same neighborhood, residents said they helped a disabled man who did not wish to leave ahead of the storm by leaving him with inflatable “floaties” and life preservers.
From Washington Post
Divers found him about 30 minutes later after passersby called 911 and threw a life preserver in the water.
From Seattle Times
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