cork
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Wristwatches seem “to pause once brought inside, as if the threshold held a cork in the bottle of time.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
When Farahanipour heard about Khamenei’s death, he popped the cork from a champagne bottle and celebrated “the happiest moment of my life.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 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
One of the most important tricks for Mastro to land will be the double cork 1080, which involves two midair flips and 1080 degrees of rotation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026
But the little vessel had no more headway than a cork.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
Pulling out corks at 30,000 feet is part of the job for Franks, who develops wines to serve on flights.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Hollywood stars embraced and champagne corks popped at this year's Oscars nominee lunch, the glamorous pre-show gathering that was canceled amid last year's devastating Los Angeles wildfires.
From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026
But there will not be any champagne corks popping in the Home Office.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2025
“We didn’t do it all at the same time until like the third try,” Caruso said of popping the corks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2025
She unscrewed the cap—no corks here—sipped, and handed it to me.
From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green
When the priceless liquid is poured, the group is horrified by the odor: The wine is corked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
There are various types of flips that have unique names that don't spell out exactly what the trick contains - including wildcat, tamedog, backflip, frontflip, rodeo, backside rodeo and corked spin.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026
PCC has great customer service; I purchased this Bordeaux at its Green Lake branch and was able to return the corked bottle at its Central District branch, no questions asked.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2024
A chemical compound in the cork can cause a corked wine to taste musty or moldy, like wet cardboard.
From New York Times ● Dec. 30, 2021
I corked the bottle and covered the cork with a piece of plastic.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
A corking Nancy Drew tale set in 1960s Galicia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2023
“It’s always been part of the game,” he said, “just like hitters have always been corking their bats.”
From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2022
The warts on their outside are called "corking," as horticulturalist Jessica Walliser said on WNYC.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2022
I was put off slightly by this cruelty-free brand’s teenybopper packaging, but with perseverance I have found some corking products.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 15, 2017
After the eruption—and the magical corking of that eruption—the volcano had never slept soundly, even in the early days.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
