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"ref": "1973 October 15, “Water Safety Drive Concluded”, in Ocala Star-Banner, retrieved 2010-01-07, page 5B",
"text": "Under the new personal flotation device regulations, boats 16 feet and longer must have one wearable type flotation device on board the boat for each person.",
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"A life vest or other device or article of clothing designed to be used by one person as an aid to remaining safely afloat in water, especially in an emergency situation."
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"word": "life belt"
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"word": "life buoy"
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"word": "life jacket"
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