valve
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Gas continued to leak from the ship for 12 minutes before the crew realised what was happening and were able to close the valve manually.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
In January 2025, they found methane gushing from the valve on a well.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Dhar is more open to the possibility that simulated consumption could serve as a kind of release valve.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
It can provide a release valve and serve as critical support for service members and their families.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Together, they created a deluxe valve system that supplies divers with compressed air.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
It is a strange sight, the decks criss-crossed by a bewilderingly complex array of pipes, valves and bright yellow steelwork.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
Newport Beach said crews were rebuilding berms, opening tide valves and running pumps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026
The captain credited the GasLog Salem crew with quickly shutting gas tank valves, helping contain the fire.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
He said the company had inspected the high-pressure valves three days before the mall reopened June 13.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Whatever the reason, I have valves to work with.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
Still today, the World Health Organization advises against using valved N95s.
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
The idea behind it is really to get the piston out of the way, and let the valving create all the damping.
From Time Magazine Archive
Finally Commander Lansdowne had to reconcile himself to "valving" the helium and allowing some 20,000 feet of the precious gas to escape at an estimated cost of $4,000.
From Time Magazine Archive
The biggest changes are new, softer dual-rate springs and revised valving.
From Time Magazine Archive
This can be prevented by valving in hot air from the exhaust stacks.
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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