How to Use save the life of (someone) in a Sentence
save the life of (someone)
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It is banned except to save the life of the pregnant person.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2024
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The only exception to the ban is to save the life of the pregnant person.
—Kate Perez, USA TODAY, 24 June 2023
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First responders tried to save the life of the shot man, Acosta said.
—Liam Quigley, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024
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The law bans abortions in all cases except when to save the life of the mother.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
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And now at the Pellot home, paramedics and police were struggling to save the life of the young wife and mother.
—Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2023
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The state’s law bans all abortions except ones to save the life of the pregnant person.
—Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 18 June 2024
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The law, as passed, would ban all abortions with one exception—to save the life of the woman.
—Jennifer Calfas, WSJ, 16 June 2022
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The only exception contained in the trigger law is to save the life of the mother.
—Dale Ellis, Arkansas Online, 4 May 2022
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The only exception to this law is to save the life of a pregnant person.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 6 July 2023
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An unlikely alliance forms as the two endeavor to save the life of a young girl.
—John Bleasdale, Variety, 17 June 2023
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Officers and the Long Beach Fire Department tried to save the life of a 17-year-old boy, police said.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2024
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Demi Moore used the power of Twitter to save the life of a people trying to harm themselves - twice.
—Michael Y. Park, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2022
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Jackson doctors and staff helped save the life of their son Joseph Patrick, 2, who was born prematurely.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2024
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Was this cow motivated not only by a desire to save its own life, but a desire to save the life of its calf?
—Brendan O'Meara, Longreads, 22 Nov. 2022
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Arkansas' ban allows for abortions only to save the life of the mother.
—My Ly, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2023
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In the near future, a father and daughter try to save the life of Yang, their beloved robotic family member.
—Natalie Lin, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2022
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More importantly, Flores said, these measures will enable the tribe to help save the life of the river.
—Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 7 Jan. 2023
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While lawmakers claim the ban includes an exception to save the life of the mother, physicians have pushed back against that claim.
—ABC News, 24 Sep. 2022
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Doctors took emergency measures to save the life of the couple’s baby.
—Sean Emery, Orange County Register, 6 Feb. 2024
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The ban prohibits abortions at any point of pregnancy except to save the life of the mother and threatens a two-to-five year prison sentence for providers.
—Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 13 May 2024
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Ten years later, he was honored by the city for helping to save the life of a police officer who was shot while on duty.
—Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2020
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Under the law, abortions are banned entirely except to save the life of a pregnant person.
—Tori Otten, The New Republic, 5 May 2023
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While all bans allow an exception to save the life of the woman, those in some states do not also cite protection of her health.
—New York Times, 5 Aug. 2022
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Last year’s recipients were the training staff of the Buffalo Bills, who helped save the life of safety Damar Hamlin on the field last year.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 June 2024
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Local major Milan Nedeljkovic said doctors were fighting to save the life of the teacher, according to The Guardian.
—Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 3 May 2023
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The pre-statehood law indicates abortions are allowed when necessary to save the life of the mother.
—Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 9 Apr. 2024
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Abortions are allowed after 24 weeks to save the life of the parent or in cases of fatal fetal anomalies.
—Kinsey Crowley, The Courier-Journal, 24 June 2024
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Current state law allows for abortions to save the life of the mother in a medical emergency.
—Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online, 8 Jan. 2023
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Pearsall explained that with Narcan, the man could possibly save the life of an opioid overdose victim.
—Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023
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The Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision last year triggered a ban in Texas that outlawed all abortions, except to save the life of a pregnant woman.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 20 July 2023
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