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Word: lifebelts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

Back for the final heat, he gave 250,000 spectators a thrill by whipping so narrowly past the observation barge that newsmen aboard could count the stitches on his lifebelt. Then, 300 yards past the barge, Quicksilver began the turn. Suddenly the big hydroplane flipped over, vanished in a geyser of white spray. When the mist settled, only flotsam remained-a few splinters of grey plywood, a seat cushion, one shoe with a sock still inside...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Death at Seattle | 8/13/1951 | See Source »

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