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- noun Plural form of
lifeboat .
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Examples
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From the confirmed-urban-myths file: as the Titanic sank, women and children really were saved first, and first-class passengers were much more likely to score spots in lifeboats than those in second and third class.
Quick Study 2009
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In 1986, local fishermen came to the rescue of 154 Sri Lankans found floating off in lifeboats off the coast of Newfoundland.
The Ocean Lady: Rethinking “Illegal” Migration in Canada : Law is Cool 2009
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From the confirmed-urban-myths file: as the Titanic sank, women and children really were saved first, and first-class passengers were much more likely to score spots in lifeboats than those in second and third class.
Quick Study 2009
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I suppose the cannibalism practiced by the survivors of that Andes plane crash or by so many maritimers in lifeboats and on desert islands might at least be candidates for justification.
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The passengers were saved in lifeboats, but the company that ran the operation, G.A.P. Adventures, now had another problem – how to keep these understandably discontent travelers happy.
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… do we send in lifeboats or just feed the sharks?
Think Progress » Fox ‘News’ cheerleads for Tea Party protesters. 2010
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After years of monolithic indifference to technology, the economy, and darn near everything else, the newspaper bean counters are tossing good folks overboard, until the only ones left in the lifeboats are the people with money.
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What if say, we were talking about lifeboats, which is a little bit rellisic than your scenario.
The Volokh Conspiracy » So a Libertarian and a Liberal Walk into a Bar 2010
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What if say, we were talking about lifeboats, which is a little bit rellisic than your scenario.
The Volokh Conspiracy » So a Libertarian and a Liberal Walk into a Bar 2010
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If a ship hits an iceberg, the last person the captain sends to the lifeboats is the engineer pumping out the water.
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