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Recent Examples of security blanket
This was a troubling time, and the Oscar villains offered a psychological security blanket.
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Nate Jones, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2026
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.
—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
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Nate Jones, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2026
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for security blanket
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Following the hurricane relief efforts, the ARG remained in the region for a nearly 10-month deployment, heavily focused on counter-narcotics and disrupting illicit trafficking in support of Operation Southern Spear.—
Peter Suciu,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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Court records show that, during a police K-9 sniff of the vehicle, the dog reportedly alerted to the presence of narcotics.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
28 May 2026
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In 2020, O'Neal had a near-fatal stroke after overdosing on morphine, opiates and pain medication.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
10 May 2026
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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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Perry, who had long struggled with addiction and wrote about it in a memoir, illegally obtained the powerful dissociative anesthetic from at least two sources.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
27 May 2026
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The actor had been taking the surgical anesthetic ketamine legally for depression, an increasingly common off-label use.—
Andrew Dalton,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2026
Noun
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Melatonin is a timing tool, not a sedative, and won’t overcome a bright room or a noisy house on its own.—
Allison Palmer,
Sacbee.com,
15 May 2026
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Chloral hydrate, a sedative, is used in the short-term treatment of insomnia and to relieve anxiety and induce sleep before surgery.—
Liz McNeil,
PEOPLE,
8 May 2026
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“Security blanket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/security%20blanket. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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