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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Shortly thereafter, crews wearing beige and blue coveralls reach the edge before tossing life preservers and lowering a ladder.
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Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 29 Dec. 2025
Zosia compares it to seeing someone drowning in a lake and throwing them a life preserver.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 14 Nov. 2025
Each received a wristband and a life preserver, then climbed into an open-air fishing boat until the boat was jammed with passengers seated shoulder to shoulder, their belongings stuffed into black plastic bags.
—Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 6 Nov. 2025
The Loons have been, at best, treading water over the past month, and the veteran Trapp knows no one is going to throw them a life preserver.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 26 Oct. 2025
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Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 29 Dec. 2025
Zosia compares it to seeing someone drowning in a lake and throwing them a life preserver.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 14 Nov. 2025
Each received a wristband and a life preserver, then climbed into an open-air fishing boat until the boat was jammed with passengers seated shoulder to shoulder, their belongings stuffed into black plastic bags.
—Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 6 Nov. 2025
The Loons have been, at best, treading water over the past month, and the veteran Trapp knows no one is going to throw them a life preserver.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 26 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for life preserver
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“Life preserver.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/life%20preserver. Accessed 1 Jan. 2026.
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