lifeline
Example Sentences
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The restaurant, Fair Oaks Burger, reopened an outdoor kitchen for residents and recovery workers just weeks after the fire and has become a lifeline for the neighborhood.
From Los Angeles Times
She said organizations like hers — which use diplomacy to quash street beefs before they spill over into bloodshed — have also become lifelines for certain neighborhoods by providing diapers, formula, and other essential supplies.
From Los Angeles Times
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Cuba’s security and intelligence services secured a lifeline from oil-rich Venezuela as Havana inched closer to economic collapse.
Beijing might have trouble capitalizing on regional concerns about U.S. overreach, she said, because China is “no longer viewed across parts of the region as an economic lifeline or stabilizing external partner.”
It said phones were a lifeline for vulnerable people who needed to remain in contact with their families.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
