escape valve
Example Sentences
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Then again, those long-term contracts may be an escape valve.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
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
Earlier Wednesday, Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline, which had emerged as a escape valve for Saudi imports as the conflict dragged on, was reportedly hit by a drone.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 8, 2026
“And I think we decided we would carry on working on our own solo paths for a while. It was almost like an escape valve from everything else.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2023
He had seen it all before ... the human mind’s escape valve.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
