shock absorber

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Still, it has become a shock absorber in some key markets, sustaining trade and helping contain global inflation.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Every investor alive has been trained by four decades of falling rates to believe recession means rate cuts, which means that bonds rally, which means a typical 60/40 stock-bond portfolio has a shock absorber.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

First, China has turned itself into the world’s oil shock absorber.

From Barron's • Nov. 20, 2025

The oligoethylene glycol units act as a type of shock absorber that adjusts to the appropriate length to make certain the shapes can fit together in a near-perfect manner.

From Science Daily • Jan. 18, 2024

Hermes was now pulling Beck and Watney along, with Vogel's use of the tether acting as a shock absorber.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir