life preserver

Example Sentences

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I let myself play the victim twice — first of the debt itself, then of the life preserver tossed to bring me back onboard.

From Salon • May 11, 2025

The measure “was simply a life preserver that was being thrown or could have been thrown to schools to stem the crisis,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 29, 2024

Harris and his Commanders may be her life preserver — at a cost.

From Washington Times • Dec. 13, 2023

Lange: We were shooting the title shots for the life preserver at the start of the show.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2022

I sit on the bed and grip the water bottle in my hands like it’s a life preserver and I’m drowning.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed