life raft

noun

: a raft usually made of wood or an inflatable material and designed for use by people forced into the water

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Its 75 crew and passengers were ordered to abandon the vessel on life rafts and were later rescued. —

Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 11 Oct. 2024 Drowning in sadness and uncertainty, teaching myself how to self-tie with rope as a form of meditation became the life raft that saved me. —

Bae Leche, refinery29.com, 3 Oct. 2024 Elsewhere, on Atlanta resident was caught on video using a sleeping air mattress as a life raft as rescue workers patrolled the chest-high floodwaters saving people. —

Tom Tapp, Deadline, 27 Sep. 2024 Citing British and Spanish maritime authorities, the Associated Press reported that 14 people had made it onto a life raft and were rescued by nearby fishing boats. —

Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 24 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for life raft