escape valve

Example Sentences

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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

Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline, which had emerged as an escape valve for Saudi oil exports as the conflict dragged on, was reportedly hit by a drone.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

It’s become a key escape valve for the world’s oil market.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 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