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
As Southern Californians swelter in a Labor Day weekend heat wave, forecasters are warning that one escape valve — the beaches — could be hazardous.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2025
He had seen it all before ... the human mind’s escape valve.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
