life jacket
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It is unclear whether the man was wearing a life jacket or clinging to a flotation device in the water.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026
It started while I was helping my son search the attic for his life jacket.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
“I started on my grandpa’s back, just floating down the creek with a life jacket on,” he told me during a recent phone interview from the Red Rock prison.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Looking like a life jacket thrown into a car compactor, the work weaves a floppy beam of hazard-orange steel around and through a menacing conglomeration of rusty metal scraps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
But like a darn fool I left my life jacket in the bottom of the boat, under the seat.
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
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