escape valve

Example Sentences

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Then again, those long-term contracts may be an escape valve.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

Convoys of heavy-duty trucks barreling across the Arabian desert have become an escape valve for the global economy.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Earlier Wednesday, Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline, which had emerged as a escape valve for Saudi imports as the conflict dragged on, was reportedly hit by a drone.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

During the pandemic, the Swap Shop closed, leaving the area without its social escape valve.

From New York Times • May 3, 2022

He had seen it all before ... the human mind’s escape valve.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy