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[valv] / vælv /


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Edwards Lifesciences EW -0.65%decrease; down pointing triangle narrowed its full-year sales guidance after recording double-digit growth in the latest quarter, boosted by growth in its transcatheter aortic valve replacement division.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

The recent correction has served as a necessary relief valve, reducing the risk of a blow-off top while allowing leadership to broaden.

From MarketWatch Jul. 22, 2026

Turning the valve back on gets oil moving, but it takes time to optimize the tanker/refiner matching.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

Nightclubbing started some 350 years ago in Yoshiwara, near Tokyo, “a flashy pleasure quarter” of feudal Japan that served, Ms. Willetts writes, as “the ultimate pressure valve for the shogun’s otherwise disciplined regime.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

Others use an espresso pot, which uses steam to drive water up through the grounds: the pot is a pressurized steam system, which is why it requires a safety valve.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

"We were surprised by how much P. gingivalis was present in the calcified aortic valves," Li said.

From Science Daily Jul. 13, 2026

That means parents will have few relief valves to make the payments manageable.

From MarketWatch Jul. 1, 2026

The whole system runs automatically and uses a local wireless network to connect the control box and the various valves.

From BBC Jun. 18, 2026

“If we quadruple a missile, we’ve got to quadruple the cases. We’ve got to quadruple the igniters, valves, the throttles. It’s a great opportunity.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 9, 2026

Whatever the reason, I have valves to work with.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

Guided by this logic and encouraged by experts, cities, counties, airlines, and others banned valved masks early on in the pandemic.

From Slate May 20, 2022

"It was flushed into the drainage system that leads to an oil water separator that is valved off from the detention basin," Mura said.

From Salon Mar. 23, 2022

He immediately switched from the baritone horn, a valved instrument, to trombone.

From Washington Post May 11, 2021

Mr. Sax patented his family of valved brass instruments in 1846, as militarism was sweeping Europe.

From New York Times Nov. 6, 2015

He stood up, still chewing, put on his hieb, coat, and boots, and slipped otterlike out the self-sealing valved door.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

New springs and valving quickly took care of any of the complaints associated with the stock stuff.

From Time Magazine Archive

They can have that type of data and information, and oil and spring rates and valving.

From Time Magazine Archive

So you go to the web site and plug in name, age, body weight, type of bike, riding skill level, height, etc., and it takes the parameters and builds a valving stack specifically for you.

From Time Magazine Archive

I have my own idea about what I want to do for a valving system.'

From Time Magazine Archive

Dean Moran, opposite, eyes clenched, lips valving open as a cobra slithers out, a shiny cobra of half-digested toffee apple, candy floss, and three of Fryer Tuck's All-American Taste-Tastic Hot Dogs, highly recommended, writhing longer.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell




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