life preserver
noun
1
: a device (such as a life jacket or life buoy) designed to save a person from drowning by providing buoyancy in water
2
chiefly British
: blackjack sense 2
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Short of your life preserver, your water bottle may be the worst thing to forget, even one day out on the river, where the sun’s rays are unforgivable.
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Anna Fiorentino, Travel + Leisure, 21 Aug. 2025
One urged them to keep flashlights and life preservers on their body at all times, to sleep in their clothes for the first two days after leaving England, and to be sure to attend dinner on time so that the watertight doors separating the dining room and kitchen could be kept closed.
—Doug Most
august 20, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
The ship then reportedly dropped life preservers where the man fell to mark his location and aid in his rescue.
—Greta Bjornson, People.com, 25 July 2025
Relief pitchers Jason Adam, Jeremiah Estrada, Adrian Morejón and Robert Suarez should probably be referred to as the Padres’ life preservers.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2025
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Anna Fiorentino, Travel + Leisure, 21 Aug. 2025
One urged them to keep flashlights and life preservers on their body at all times, to sleep in their clothes for the first two days after leaving England, and to be sure to attend dinner on time so that the watertight doors separating the dining room and kitchen could be kept closed.
—Doug Most
august 20, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
The ship then reportedly dropped life preservers where the man fell to mark his location and aid in his rescue.
—Greta Bjornson, People.com, 25 July 2025
Relief pitchers Jason Adam, Jeremiah Estrada, Adrian Morejón and Robert Suarez should probably be referred to as the Padres’ life preservers.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2025
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“Life preserver.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/life%20preserver. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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