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valve

[valv] / vælv /


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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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




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