: a sturdy buoyant boat (such as one carried by a ship) for use in an emergency and especially in saving lives at sea
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And his administration will have ample opportunities to slow or even kill future transactions – lifeboats that some media companies may need to survive.
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Matt Egan, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024
Out of the ship's 132 passengers and crew, 114 people died – and the few people who survived the wreck were stuck in a lifeboat for a week.
—Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 10 Sep. 2024
Four crew members were stranded in a lifeboat for 19 days, rescued only after three of them had killed and eaten the fourth.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
Al was the one-man lifeboat when the Warriors were terrible and terribly run.
—Tim Kawakami, The Athletic, 22 Aug. 2024
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Matt Egan, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024
Out of the ship's 132 passengers and crew, 114 people died – and the few people who survived the wreck were stuck in a lifeboat for a week.
—Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 10 Sep. 2024
Four crew members were stranded in a lifeboat for 19 days, rescued only after three of them had killed and eaten the fourth.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
Al was the one-man lifeboat when the Warriors were terrible and terribly run.
—Tim Kawakami, The Athletic, 22 Aug. 2024
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“Lifeboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lifeboat. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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lifeboat
noun
life·boat
-ˌbōt 
: a sturdy boat (as one carried by a ship) for use in an emergency and especially for saving lives at sea
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