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seat belt

or seatbelt

noun

a belt or strap in an automobile, airplane, etc., fastened around or sometimes diagonally across the midsection to keep the person safely secured, as during a sudden stop.

seat belt

Also calledsafety belt a belt or strap worn in a vehicle to restrain forward motion in the event of a collision
a similar belt or strap worn in an aircraft at takeoff and landing and in rough weather

First recorded in 1945–50

They want to change bad behaviors—tobacco, alcohol, using a seat belt, anything.

Seat belt use alone is credited with saving 300,000 lives over the past forty years.

Yet in Paris she failed to buckle her seat belt in a fleeing car.

The driver, a young guy, was hung up in his seat belt with blood pouring out of his left arm, sliced to the bone.

He was ousted as governor, he had seat-belt issues, now this.

Senator Vance Duran unhooked the seat belt, reached for his briefcase, and stepped into the crowded aisle.

Mrs. Jackson let Baartock put on his seat belt himself, but she checked to make sure it was fastened.

No matter how you figured it, he was here, hanging upside down in his seat belt in a pretty thoroughly wrinkled up ship.

He noticed suddenly that the seat belt light had flashed on.

She checked to make sure he had fastened his seat-belt properly, and then started the engine.

April 19, 2024tortuous

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