life jacket
Example Sentences
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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
A life jacket worn by a Titanic survivor has been sold at auction to a collector for £670,000.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
A life jacket worn by a Titanic survivor is to be auctioned for up to £350,000.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
The youngster said he started heading for shore with just his life jacket but later abandoned it to swim unencumbered.
From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026
The flippers and life jacket keep me floating on the surface and it only takes a few minutes for me to get used to breathing through the mask.
From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon
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