security blanket
Example Sentences
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When I was very small, I had, as many children do, a security blanket known as “Blankie.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026
The Hurricanes punished him all night, sometimes legally, sometimes questionably, but he stayed composed, turning to unheralded receiver Charlie Becker as a security blanket.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026
While premiums have gone up in recent years, and coverage maxes out at $250,000, the program still constitutes a security blanket on Florida’s Gulf Coast, where coverage rates are high.
From Slate • Oct. 9, 2024
Perhaps it would have turned out differently if Mahomes had Kelce, his All-Pro tight end and sure-handed security blanket, who missed the game after hyperextending his knee in practice two days earlier.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 8, 2023
It’s like her security blanket or something—she won’t let anyone else touch it.
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
