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valve

[valv] / vælv /


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Earlier this year, engineers installed a permanent replacement valve but that too has since failed.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

It’s a presentation, a release valve, an acknowledgement that heterosexuality — for everyone — is not always what it’s cracked up to be.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

Back surgery and a heart valve replacement in the past few years have turned her condominium outside Boston into a recovery ward.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

Then again, those long-term contracts may be an escape valve.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

The patch kit is a cone-shaped valve with super-sticky resin on the wide end.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir




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