life buoy
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Constitution, may be her best yet, a capacious work that lands at the right moment, like a life buoy, as our ship of state takes on water.
From Los Angeles Times
"Life jacket, life buoy and their floating technique allow us 48 hours to save their lives," he said late on Monday.
From Reuters
"I got my arm into the life buoy and the skipper went full ahead and pulled me out of the way. They got me on to the pilot boat."
From BBC
Seeing him turn severe limitations into something both expansive and expressive was an artistic life buoy for theater lovers, helping us survive the feeling that the perpetual invalid was, if not dead, in a coma.
From New York Times
“The federal dollars that have come in, they’re the life buoy,” he said.
From Washington Post
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