save a life
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: to stop someone from dying or being killed
If you donate blood, you might save a life.
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Back in April, the AHA shared that Taylor Swift's latest album, The Tortured Poets Department, could help save a life.
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Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 6 Feb. 2025
These skills can help save a life by providing immediate intervention before the arrival of first responders.
—Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Jan. 2025
Rodrigo, a seventh-grader in the Hurst-Euless-Bedford school district, is learning how to save a life.
—Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Jan. 2025
How to save a life Naloxone is an over-the-counter nasal-spray medication that can save an overdose victim by rapidly reversing the effects of fentanyl, heroin and other opioids.
—Maurice Tamman, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
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Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 6 Feb. 2025
These skills can help save a life by providing immediate intervention before the arrival of first responders.
—Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Jan. 2025
Rodrigo, a seventh-grader in the Hurst-Euless-Bedford school district, is learning how to save a life.
—Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Jan. 2025
How to save a life Naloxone is an over-the-counter nasal-spray medication that can save an overdose victim by rapidly reversing the effects of fentanyl, heroin and other opioids.
—Maurice Tamman, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
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“Save a life.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/save%20a%20life. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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