life raft
noun
: a raft usually made of wood or an inflatable material and designed for use by people forced into the water
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Because that $600 million in annual savings is his fiscal life raft in a city drowning in post-pandemic debt.
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Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
Life Raft: Lisa While the captain’s under on the night of his medically urgent heartbreak, the ship’s radar picks up a floating figure at sea that could be a life raft.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 2 Apr. 2025
The most powerful experience as an actor on the show is seeing how some kid in Russia or Alabama or remote Italy, that this show is a life raft for them and a lifeline.
—EW.com, 28 Mar. 2025
But to TikTok executives, that is merely a symbolic life raft, since ByteDance has consistently indicated that the platform, China's first global social media hit, is not for sale.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 17 Jan. 2025
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Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
Life Raft: Lisa While the captain’s under on the night of his medically urgent heartbreak, the ship’s radar picks up a floating figure at sea that could be a life raft.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 2 Apr. 2025
The most powerful experience as an actor on the show is seeing how some kid in Russia or Alabama or remote Italy, that this show is a life raft for them and a lifeline.
—EW.com, 28 Mar. 2025
But to TikTok executives, that is merely a symbolic life raft, since ByteDance has consistently indicated that the platform, China's first global social media hit, is not for sale.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Life raft.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/life%20raft. Accessed 15 May. 2025.
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