emergency brake

Example Sentences

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Scientists sometimes describe methane reduction as an "emergency brake" for climate change because lowering methane levels could help slow warming within the next decade and potentially reduce the risk of climate tipping points.

From Science Daily • May 10, 2026

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

She pictured him behind the wheel of some old Lincoln with a student driver sign on top and a grumpy teacher in the passenger seat with an emergency brake pedal.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan