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Irritating but never truly dangerous, his antagonism is a safety valve for the class system and a flattering diversion for its proprietors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Sealing off: Leronlimab blocks what's left of the virus from infecting immune cells -- the equivalent of sealing off the room with a water-tight valve.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026

Edwards Lifesciences EW -0.65%decrease; down pointing triangle narrowed its full-year sales guidance after recording double-digit growth in the latest quarter, boosted by growth in its transcatheter aortic valve replacement division.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

The recent correction has served as a necessary relief valve, reducing the risk of a blow-off top while allowing leadership to broaden.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

For a while they spoke of the difficulties Gay must be having getting a needle valve and then gradually as the time passed they didn’t mention him any more.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

The study examined valve tissue from 66 patients undergoing replacement for severe aortic stenosis and compared it with normal donor valves.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026

“It’s conserve and then open up the valves again. Learn how to hold yourself in reserve a little bit and play around with energy—rather than just smash into it.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

That means parents will have few relief valves to make the payments manageable.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026

In Frankfurt, Samson, a maker of industrial valves, expects around 450 of its approximately 2,000 German employees to retire within the next seven to eight years.

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026

Write the harmonic series for the instrument above when both the first and second valves are open.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

Surgeon and writer Atul Gawande distilled this widely held concern about valved masks with predictable precision in the New Yorker: “I protect me; I expose you,”

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

Then the computer, when you hit print, actually spits it out and says, 'Okay, here's the spring, here's the preload, here's the oil level, here's where you put the clickers, and here's the internal valving.

From Time Magazine Archive

The first modification was to soften up the high-speed valving in order to make the KTM handle better in choppy sections of the track.

From Time Magazine Archive

No, we have valving scenarios that are designed to handle any rider and any bike out there, bar none.

From Time Magazine Archive

The secondary piston valving was then stiffened to make the shock more stable and progressive, as well as to give it more control later in the stroke.

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