life preserver
Example Sentences
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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
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
What’s the likelihood of those owners giving Skipper Dan a financial life preserver with new investors?
From Washington Times • Nov. 3, 2022
Lange: We were shooting the title shots for the life preserver at the start of the show.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2022
In fact, he looked like a rubber ball himself, wearing a life preserver.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
