valve
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Earlier this year, engineers installed a permanent replacement valve but that too has since failed.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
For now, one key valve in the pipeline remains closed.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
In recent weeks, clumps of ships, some of them the world’s largest tankers laden with oil and liquefied natural gas, have traversed the dangerous crossing, creating a tiny relief valve for the global economy.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
Then again, those long-term contracts may be an escape valve.
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
The valve closes because it thinks it is living in a dead organism.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
Vocabulary lists containing valve
"Joyas Voladoras" by Brian Doyle
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