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Recent Examples of security blanket
Israel also has a dynamic economy and a robust nuclear security blanket.
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Natan Sachs, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2015
The defense systems provide a security blanket against ballistic missiles over Europe.
—Brad Dress, The Hill, 10 Jan. 2025
The chef has also prepared a five-course meal, so the charcuterie board is more a security blanket than anything else.
—Kinsey Jasnoch, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
An expensive proposition Experts say the UnitedHealthcare killing made clear that the security blanket that protects many top CEOs should be extended to their lieutenants.
—Matt Egan, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
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Natan Sachs, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2015
The defense systems provide a security blanket against ballistic missiles over Europe.
—Brad Dress, The Hill, 10 Jan. 2025
The chef has also prepared a five-course meal, so the charcuterie board is more a security blanket than anything else.
—Kinsey Jasnoch, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
An expensive proposition Experts say the UnitedHealthcare killing made clear that the security blanket that protects many top CEOs should be extended to their lieutenants.
—Matt Egan, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for security blanket
Noun
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Panga vessels are often used to smuggle migrants and narcotics, according to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s website.—
Jasmine Mendez,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2025
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Soon after, not only did Denver’s agencies not participate in our task forces, but our agents, including me, were intentionally removed from a narcotics task force.—
John Fabbricatore,
The Denver Post,
30 Jan. 2025
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Tolerance is a side effect of many medications, such as opiates and benzodiazepines, which are often used to help treat pain and anxiety.—
Femi Aremu,
Verywell Health,
3 Feb. 2025
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A day later, a social worker told the new mother: The baby’s meconium — or first bowel movement — had tested positive for opiates.—
Shoshana Walter,
USA TODAY,
11 Dec. 2024
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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
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Since the death penalty was ruled constitutional by the Supreme Court in 1976, the federal government has executed 16 prisoners with a high dose of the sedative pentobarbital.—
Chiara Eisner,
NPR,
21 Jan. 2025
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Alcohol, while initially sedative, disrupts the natural sleep cycle.—
Lela London,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Security blanket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/security%20blanket. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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