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Discover LudwigThe phrase "as a raft" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used metaphorically to describe something that provides support or stability in a difficult situation.
Example: "In times of uncertainty, friendship can serve as a raft to help us navigate through the stormy waters of life."
Alternatives: "as a lifeline" or "as a support".
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Mr. Paterson had been correct in describing the ferry as a raft.
As a raft of surveys has shown, blue love is a global affair.
Then injuries struck, just as a raft of pitching prospects was taking off behind them.
Angry Birds can apparently be used to determine location, as well as a raft of other personal information.
Curb speculation, as a raft of proposed laws intend to do, and oil prices will soon return to earth.
Mr. Affleck remembers floating down the Colorado River as a raft full of troubled teenagers recited their transgressions.
He says it raises human rights as well as a raft of social, cultural and religious questions.
The Yankees deaccessioned some of their most gifted young players in exchange (as well as a raft of has-beens).
That said, my board was as big as a raft and soon enough even I got the hang of things.
One woman and her young child were pictured floating to safety using a refrigerator as a raft.
On the bright side, the practices that consumers have adopted in response to the economic crisis ultimately could — as a raft of new research suggests — make them happier.
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