valve
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By Friday afternoon, firefighters had cooled the tank enough that a valve on top of the tank was no longer purging any kind of chemical.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026
Convoys of heavy-duty trucks barreling across the Arabian desert have become an escape valve for the global economy.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
About 5 million barrels of oil from Saudi Arabia and the U.A.E. have been rerouted to other pipelines away from the Strait, but that’s only a partial release valve.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
In addition to loosening the valve on submissions, many journals are further overheating the system by offering papers for what used to be study components.
From Slate • May 3, 2026
The valve closes because it thinks it is living in a dead organism.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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