: 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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The captain explains where to find life jackets, where the lifeboats are located, and how to respond in an emergency.
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Andrew Rosen, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
His lifeboat had struck the ship and capsized instantly.
—Joel Sams, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2025
By then, the staging — especially a scene-seating capsizing of the boat, which makes room for the lifeboat — was in place, and the gruesome denouement also remained.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2025
Beyond the lifeboat of major film festivals, which still assist a handful of buzzy international and independent films in their treacherous journey to release, such entities as the self-congratulatory, navel-gazing Oscars have seemingly abandoned the inclusion of riskier, daring films.
—Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 25 Dec. 2024
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Andrew Rosen, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
His lifeboat had struck the ship and capsized instantly.
—Joel Sams, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2025
By then, the staging — especially a scene-seating capsizing of the boat, which makes room for the lifeboat — was in place, and the gruesome denouement also remained.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2025
Beyond the lifeboat of major film festivals, which still assist a handful of buzzy international and independent films in their treacherous journey to release, such entities as the self-congratulatory, navel-gazing Oscars have seemingly abandoned the inclusion of riskier, daring films.
—Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 25 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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