lifeline

Example Sentences

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U.S. aid has been a lifeline for communities whose desperation can be exploited by militant recruiters.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

As domestic consumption slumps, exports from the manufacturing powerhouse have boomed, offering Beijing a key economic lifeline.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

He pressed for stronger Chinese statements and for assurances that oil purchases—the financial lifeline keeping Iran’s economy upright—would continue regardless of any new American sanctions.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Building up a man whose appetite, whose isolation, whose just general hunger to dominate, making that character and then giving him this one lifeline to humanity in Vanessa — that’s all calculated.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

That boom box was a lifeline to a world beyond Chisamba Singles.

From "I Will Always Write Back" by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda