preserver
Example Sentences
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From what we see of Scotty in flashbacks, he was a buoyant blond goofball — exactly the kind of guy that the apparently friendless and family-less Kenna would have clung to like a life preserver.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026
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
I’ve never forgotten that day, and I should have hung a life preserver on my office wall as a stark reminder.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 3, 2023
Christina Sleeper is a chef, master food preserver and the founder of Sleepers Gourmet.
From Salon ● Jan. 13, 2023
Then she’d beg Dad to put on a life preserver.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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