cork

Example Sentences

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One might even stop to see a factory of cork wine-stoppers in action.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

A cork is when a spin is combined with a flip, resulting in an 'off-axis' direction of travel resembling a corkscrew.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

Death cap mushrooms are known to sprout across the state of California but they thrive in shady, humid or moist environments under live oak and cultivated cork oak trees.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2026

Removing the cork reduces that pressure, allowing gas to separate into bubbles.

From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2025

But the little vessel had no more headway than a cork.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman