life preserver
noun
1
: a device (such as a life jacket or life buoy) designed to save a person from drowning by providing buoyancy in water
2
chiefly British
: blackjack sense 2
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Only Friduss and her mother, who was rescued clinging to a life preserver, survived when the boat soon afterward capsized and threw its ten occupants into the lake.
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Sacbee.com, 14 May 2026
Investigators observed pool toys and pool noodles, but no life preservers in the area.
—Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 4 Feb. 2026
Shortly thereafter, crews wearing beige and blue coveralls reach the edge before tossing life preservers and lowering a ladder.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 29 Dec. 2025
Zosia compares it to seeing someone drowning in a lake and throwing them a life preserver.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 14 Nov. 2025
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Sacbee.com, 14 May 2026
Investigators observed pool toys and pool noodles, but no life preservers in the area.
—Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 4 Feb. 2026
Shortly thereafter, crews wearing beige and blue coveralls reach the edge before tossing life preservers and lowering a ladder.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 29 Dec. 2025
Zosia compares it to seeing someone drowning in a lake and throwing them a life preserver.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 14 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for life preserver
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“Life preserver.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/life%20preserver. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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