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The two men flee as the unit approaches, leaving behind them the half-prepared boat, the fuel and motor, and two sacks of life-jackets.

From BBC • Oct. 4, 2022

Safety equipment such as life-jackets will still be available to buy in the Calais and Grande-Synthe stores as well.

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2021

However, when rescuers arrived they found only nine empty life-jackets and three people, who were flown by helicopter to the island.

From Reuters • Oct. 4, 2021

Incredibly, they sighted Peter Kovats and his friends bobbing in their life-jackets and pulled them aboard.

From Chicago Tribune • Apr. 18, 2012

Not being constructed on the self-righting principle, the boat remained keel up, but the men, buoyed up by their life-jackets, succeeded in climbing on board the wreck.

From The Lifeboat by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)