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Recent Examples of security blanket
However, gold and silver prices carry volatility of their own, especially when buyers enter the market at a high point, risking losses instead of providing a security blanket.
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Max Zahn, ABC News, 26 Jan. 2026
The ballpark has a retractable roof, which is a helpful security blanket in case the weather is not conducive for a game of ice hockey.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 30 Dec. 2025
This cozy shawl is my carry-on security blanket—soft, lightweight, and big enough to use on a plane when freezing.
—Samantha Leal, Travel + Leisure, 12 Dec. 2025
Miami shaved a 17-point deficit back to 10 with seven minutes to go, causing Adelman to call timeout and retrieve his security blanket from the bench.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2025
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Max Zahn, ABC News, 26 Jan. 2026
The ballpark has a retractable roof, which is a helpful security blanket in case the weather is not conducive for a game of ice hockey.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 30 Dec. 2025
This cozy shawl is my carry-on security blanket—soft, lightweight, and big enough to use on a plane when freezing.
—Samantha Leal, Travel + Leisure, 12 Dec. 2025
Miami shaved a 17-point deficit back to 10 with seven minutes to go, causing Adelman to call timeout and retrieve his security blanket from the bench.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for security blanket
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The pair of Brooklyn North narcotics detectives involved in the clash thought the man matched the description of someone who had just made a drug sale, a police source said.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Duprey's death came as Duran and other narcotics officers were carrying out an undercover drug bust in the Bronx in 2023.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Are laughter and lightness merely opiates, or tools of the revolution, or both, or neither?—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
30 Mar. 2026
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Offering 99 percent accuracy for five different drugs, this drug test has exceptional sensitivity for detecting opiates in urine.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
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Injections of local anesthetics, such as Lidocaine, into the muscles or joints can reduce irritation, muscle spasms and abnormal nerve activities that result in pain.—
Dr. Patricia Richard,
Hartford Courant,
14 Apr. 2026
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The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office later attributed his death to an accidental overdose of ketamine, a hallucinogenic anesthetic that in recent years gained popularity as an off-label, unrelated treatment for depression.—
Daniel Arkin,
NBC news,
8 Apr. 2026
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All Florida executions are carried out by injecting a sedative, a paralytic and a drug that stops the heart, according to the Department of Corrections.—
David Fischer,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Apr. 2026
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All Florida executions are by lethal injection using a sedative, a paralytic and a drug that stops the heart, according to the Department of Corrections.—
CBS Miami Team,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Security blanket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/security%20blanket. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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