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Recent Examples of security blanket
However, gold prices carry volatility of their own, especially when buyers enter the market at a high point, risking losses instead of a security blanket.
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Max Zahn, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2025
But Taylor could be Fields’ offensive security blanket in third down situations.
—Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2025
Maye will need Henry, his security blanket as a rookie, in high-leverage situations; like third down and inside the red zone.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 4 Aug. 2025
Might 2025 be the year that the American security blanket wrapped around Europe since World War II unraveled?
—Howard Lafranchi, Christian Science Monitor, 23 June 2025
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Max Zahn, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2025
But Taylor could be Fields’ offensive security blanket in third down situations.
—Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2025
Maye will need Henry, his security blanket as a rookie, in high-leverage situations; like third down and inside the red zone.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 4 Aug. 2025
Might 2025 be the year that the American security blanket wrapped around Europe since World War II unraveled?
—Howard Lafranchi, Christian Science Monitor, 23 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for security blanket
Noun
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Jailhouse records show that Smith was disciplined at least five times between 2010 and 2017 for infractions including self-mutilation, drug use and possession of narcotics or marijuana.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
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According to one House Democrat, lawmakers were told the narcotics being targeted in the shipments were cocaine, not fentanyl.—
Anne Flaherty,
ABC News,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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That was my first experience with opiates.—
Ilana Kaplan,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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These chemicals can be even more potent than other opiates and produce comparable hallucinogenic effects, increasing the desirability of the cut fentanyl on the market.—
David Ferrara,
The Enquirer,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The procedure involves injecting a local anesthetic into a cluster of nerves in the neck that could potentially regulate the sympathetic nervous system.—
Matt Emma,
USA Today,
29 Oct. 2025
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Although the brain itself has no pain receptors, Bacon was given local anesthetic to numb her scalp and skull, as doctors made holes half the size of a small coin in her skull and implanted the stimulating electrodes inside.—
Elmira Aliieva,
NBC news,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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That specific request was made because those three drugs combine to make BAM, a powerful animal sedative that authorities allege Barry used to kill his wife.—
Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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Florida’s lethal injections are carried out with a sedative, a paralytic and a drug that stops the heart, according to the state Department of Corrections.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Security blanket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/security%20blanket. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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