emergency brake

Example Sentences

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Identifying these risks is a net gain to the world, not a disaster, not a reason to pull the emergency brake on AI.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

After seeing Jaiden start to cross the railway, the driver sounded the horn and applied the emergency brake.

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025

They witnessed history when their leader fulfilled a dream to play with his son, they reshaped their culture with one trade and pulled the emergency brake to get out of another.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2025

The wheel bearing failed during that deceleration, she said, and Car 23 derailed, triggering the emergency brake.

From Washington Post • Feb. 23, 2023

“He put the emergency brake on that motor mouth of his.”

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy