Lifeboats
Both words in one sentence
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In a tragic subversion, only the occupants of one of the lifeboats - 15 people who took the ship's launch - survived; they were lucky enough to be found by a French merchant ship.
Source: Going Down with the Ship - A subversion in joke form: The captain of a cruise ship announces the ship is sinking, and there aren't enough lifeboats for everybody.
Source: Must Not Die a Virgin -
In Life of Pi, a cargo ship sinks in a heavy storm at night with a few people desperately trying to get into the lifeboats.
Source: Sinking Ship Scenario
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