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Recent Examples of security blanket
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This premium dog blanket is reversible and can be used as a security blanket or furniture protector.
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Nora Colomer, Fox News, 22 Nov. 2023
Trump holds large lead over Haley in South Carolina, Post-Monmouth poll finds
U.S. to wrap security blanket around D.C. courthouse for Trump trial
Students reported her for a lesson on race.
—Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2024
Easily the best right back in the world and Gareth can still have his Kyle Walker shaped security blanket in this system.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke, The Athletic, 5 July 2024
Coach Mike McDaniel has used Hill all over the field, turning him into Tagovailoa’s security blanket.
—Mike Jones, The Athletic, 3 Aug. 2024
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Nora Colomer, Fox News, 22 Nov. 2023
Trump holds large lead over Haley in South Carolina, Post-Monmouth poll finds
U.S. to wrap security blanket around D.C. courthouse for Trump trial
Students reported her for a lesson on race.
—Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2024
Easily the best right back in the world and Gareth can still have his Kyle Walker shaped security blanket in this system.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke, The Athletic, 5 July 2024
Coach Mike McDaniel has used Hill all over the field, turning him into Tagovailoa’s security blanket.
—Mike Jones, The Athletic, 3 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for security blanket
Noun
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Jacobson said the search warrant police were trying to carry out was a state warrant out of West Haven that was related to narcotics.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
29 Jan. 2025
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Nothing suspicious was found in her luggage, but an x-ray of the wheelchair found unexpected density in the cushions and a drug-sniffing dog confirmed the presence of narcotics.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
28 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Stedman said many patients were not trying to take an opiate.—
Bianca Moreno-Paz,
Austin American-Statesman,
2 May 2024
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Addicted to opiates and alcohol, his life changes when a young man, Drew Starkey’s Eugene Allerton, arrives on the scene, stirring Craig’s character into earth-shattering infatuation.—
Lily Ford,
The Hollywood Reporter,
15 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The drug is related to ketamine, a common anesthetic that can have hallucinogenic effects and is sometimes misused recreationally.—
Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
21 Jan. 2025
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The drug was ketamine, a dissociative anesthetic that has found more use to treat depression in recent years, but is also used recreationally.—
Cody Copeland,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Nitrous oxide is a short-acting sedative that slows down the nervous system by restricting oxygen flow to the brain, producing a high.—
Rachel Hale,
USA TODAY,
14 Jan. 2025
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Some use more accessible drugs such as the sedatives pentobarbital or midazolam, both of which, critics say, can cause intense pain.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
18 Dec. 2024
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“Security blanket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/security%20blanket. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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