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Recent Examples of security blanket
Viewers who hold onto Scarpetta like a security blanket will find no judgment here.
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Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
Pollack’s self-confidence is the ultimate security blanket for the Warriors.
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Steve Reaven,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
Much like the security blanket feeling movie studios try to create with sequels.
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Frank Racioppi,
Forbes.com,
2 Mar. 2026
This was a troubling time, and the Oscar villains offered a psychological security blanket.
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Nate Jones,
Vulture,
31 Jan. 2026
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Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
Pollack’s self-confidence is the ultimate security blanket for the Warriors.
—
Steve Reaven,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
Much like the security blanket feeling movie studios try to create with sequels.
—
Frank Racioppi,
Forbes.com,
2 Mar. 2026
This was a troubling time, and the Oscar villains offered a psychological security blanket.
—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
31 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for security blanket
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Youssef alleged the property later became associated with gang activity, narcotics activity, prostitution and violence.
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In Flossie’s new deal with Raq, her ladies now also deliver narcotics to buyers.
Noun
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So far this year, alcohol has become EPICC’s leading referral category, followed by methamphetamine and opiates.
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Once drug use crossed class and racial lines, the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act was passed in 1914, a federal law criminalizing the sale and use of opiates.
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But the solution caused Peñaloza Cabrera to suffer lidocaine toxicity, a condition that occurs when excessive amounts of the anesthetic enter the bloodstream, causing seizures, irregular heart rhythm, respiratory failure and — as in the victim’s case — cardiac arrest.
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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.
Noun
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All Florida executions are carried out by lethal injection of a sedative, a paralytic and a drug that stops the heart, according to the Department of Corrections.
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In addition, a sedative such as diazepam (Valium) is often prescribed to reduce anxiety.
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“Security blanket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/security%20blanket. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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