valve
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In January 2025, they found methane gushing from the valve on a well.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Any letup in tensions in the Middle East could therefore provide a release valve for the Treasury market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
An air valve had malfunctioned, according to the complaint, but Kettle refused to approve a fix afterwards because it would have led to train delays at Union Station.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
The valve that failed has been replaced with the new model and CalMac has provided more training to its staff.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
“We have to turn the shut-off valve, take the pipe apart, put on a new connector, and stick it back together again.”
From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau
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He’d return with images of abandoned stairwells, dilapidated neon signage, Art Deco theater facades, boiler room control valves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
The captain credited the GasLog Salem crew with quickly shutting gas tank valves, helping contain the fire.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
Normal mice treated with high doses of SSRIs also developed thickened 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
Sergeants and OICs kept getting him out, to deal with one of B-block’s chronically overflowing toilets or stuck basin valves or nonfunctioning showers.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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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
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The idea behind it is really to get the piston out of the way, and let the valving create all the damping.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Up front, the new fork valving helps to keep the front end planted in turns, which allows for the rider to be more aggressive when entering a corner.
From Time Magazine Archive
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They first softened the primary piston, working a large amount on both the high and low speed compression valving in order to make the shock run a bit softer and have a much smoother action.
From Time Magazine Archive
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No, we have valving scenarios that are designed to handle any rider and any bike out there, bar none.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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
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