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[valv] / vælv /


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From one model: “She just named the synthesis—demurrage plus oral memory equals a valve that can’t be ghosted.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

Any letup in tensions in the Middle East could therefore provide a release valve for the Treasury market.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

An air valve had malfunctioned, according to the complaint, but Kettle refused to approve a fix afterwards because it would have led to train delays at Union Station.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 15, 2026

Another issue identified by the investigation was that no fail-safe system - involving valve position indicators and gas pressure sensors - had been installed to alert the crew that the valve was failing.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

We have rags to catch the spit blown out the valve at the bottom of the slide, but I miss half the time.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari

He’d return with images of abandoned stairwells, dilapidated neon signage, Art Deco theater facades, boiler room control valves.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

The captain credited the GasLog Salem crew with quickly shutting gas tank valves, helping contain the fire.

From Barron's Aug. 1, 2026

The findings do not suggest that SSRIs generally damage healthy heart valves.

From Science Daily Jul. 12, 2026

“It’s conserve and then open up the valves again. Learn how to hold yourself in reserve a little bit and play around with energy—rather than just smash into it.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

In the minutes following the earthquake, operators had opened the valves.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

Surgeon and writer Atul Gawande distilled this widely held concern about valved masks with predictable precision in the New Yorker: “I protect me; I expose you,”

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

This can be prevented by valving in hot air from the exhaust stacks.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

If he happens to lose it, he can, according to Diver Nohl, rise of his own accord by valving gas into the suit.

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

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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