preserver
Example Sentences
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Reflecting on the press, he later noted, "The press has pretensions of being a crusader but is more often a preserver of the status quo."
From BBC • Jul. 7, 2025
Landon Knack has been a human life preserver for the Dodgers, an unsung rookie right-hander who has helped keep the rotation afloat when seas get a little rough.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2024
Harris and his Commanders may be her life preserver — at a cost.
From Washington Times • Dec. 13, 2023
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 • Feb. 26, 2023
I swarmed up him, over the life preserver, spongy with all its milkweed inside.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
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