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Recent Examples of security blanket
This cozy shawl is my carry-on security blanket—soft, lightweight, and big enough to use on a plane when freezing.
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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
The result is an extremely versatile layer that has become my security blanket as the temperature drops.
—Graham Averill, Outside, 24 Oct. 2025
Cousins offers the Falcons a huge security blanket for situations like this, and it was well established that Atlanta is not interested in moving him.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
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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
The result is an extremely versatile layer that has become my security blanket as the temperature drops.
—Graham Averill, Outside, 24 Oct. 2025
Cousins offers the Falcons a huge security blanket for situations like this, and it was well established that Atlanta is not interested in moving him.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for security blanket
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Our office will continue working with the Homeland Security Task Force and our federal, local, and international partners to stop these trafficking pipelines and prevent dangerous narcotics from reaching our communities.—
Ana Maria Soler,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2026
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Karl Oakman — chief of the Kansas City, Kansas Police Department — said his officers collaborate with ICE to investigate criminal, narcotics and gang activity.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
12 Mar. 2026
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Regardless of the reason, there are many viable options for testing for specific drugs at home, such as marijuana, opiates, cocaine, amphetamines and other drugs.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
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The illicit love story between the money launderer and the fentanyl trafficker working together to shower New England with deadly opiates came crashing down under the weight of a multi-year federal investigation.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
6 Feb. 2026
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Slow-walked the trial use of the fast-acting anesthetic ketamine by paramedics, who were able to administer only four doses in six months under his stewardship.—
Tony Saavedra,
Oc Register,
24 Jan. 2026
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In practice, this gives it mild pain-relieving effects, rather than acting as a strong anesthetic.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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All Florida executions are carried out via lethal injection using a sedative, a paralytic and a drug that stops the heart, according to the Department of Corrections.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Mar. 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.—
CBS Miami Team,
CBS News,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Security blanket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/security%20blanket. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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