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valve

[valv] / vælv /


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In the end, she didn’t need a replacement valve.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

It can provide a release valve and serve as critical support for service members and their families.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 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

A faulty valve on a CalMac ferry led to a sudden and uncontrolled release of highly flammable methane gas last summer, BBC Scotland News has learned.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Usually one valve gives the harmonic series one half step lower than the valveless intrument; another, one whole step lower; and the third, one and a half steps lower.

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

As drivers ratchet up to Sport and Race modes on the manettino controller, the active exhaust valves allow more volume and breathy resonance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

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

While important as emotional safety valves, such expressions did nothing to change outward circumstances and the pressure for change escalated.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

Those wanting the enhanced protection without the same discomfort could turn to valved N95s instead.

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

Up front, the fork received new valving to help with the overall handling of the bike and improved turning prowess.

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

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

New springs and valving quickly took care of any of the complaints associated with the stock stuff.

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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