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lifeboat [ˈlaıfbəʊt] N

Usage examples with lifeboat

carry out lifeboat drill

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
Due to strong northwest winds 38 people died in a lifeboat that tried to reach the shore.
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He reputedly twice refused a place on a lifeboat.
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Noting the interest generated, he buys a lifeboat, hires some of the stranded mariners as rowers, and conducts tours of the picturesque wreck.
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All 24 souls aboard abandoned ship in two lifeboats, but one, with fourteen occupants, was never seen again.
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The ship's lifeboats were not a place of safety, unless other shipping or land was close at hand.
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Unfortunately, his plan goes wrong, and soon after, he comes into difficulties, losing his lifeboat in the process.
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These factors contributed to lifeboats departing with half capacity.
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Despite having enough lifeboats to hold all of the people on board, only three boats were able to be deployed.
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The 20 lifeboats that she did carry could only take 1,178 people, even though there were around 2,223 on board.
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This is moored at a pontoon in front of the lifeboat station.
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