security blanket

Example Sentences

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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

He wouldn’t have the same security blanket at USC.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2025

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

I think it had become his security blanket, though, and he thought of it as a book of spells which only he knew how to read.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs