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

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

Maybe, but Celine Dion wasn’t about to throw them a life preserver.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 13, 2024

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

From Washington Times • Dec. 13, 2023

Mr. Cranston, a large, shapeless man anyway, in a bowler hat and his windowpane plaid greatcoat under his life preserver.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck