save lives
idiom
: to stop people from dying or being killed
If you donate blood, you might save a life.
The use of seat belts can save lives.
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Trending on Billboard The CHECK IN is Hip-Hop’s first health and wellness platform designed, from inception, to change and save lives.
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Kenya Gipson, Billboard, 16 Oct. 2024
This pooling of data hides important signals that could be used to save lives.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
And yet with fentanyl, the drug naloxone, if administered quickly enough, can reverse the effects of opiates and save lives.
—Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2024
And those better predictions and preparations could help save lives.
—Dave Malkoff, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2024
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Kenya Gipson, Billboard, 16 Oct. 2024
This pooling of data hides important signals that could be used to save lives.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
And yet with fentanyl, the drug naloxone, if administered quickly enough, can reverse the effects of opiates and save lives.
—Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2024
And those better predictions and preparations could help save lives.
—Dave Malkoff, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2024
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“Save lives.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/save%20lives. Accessed 25 Oct. 2024.
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