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
A double cork is a complex and technical trick in skiing which includes two off-axis flips.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026
But she fell on a cab double cork 1080, which she had stomped in her first two runs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2026
The two countries constitute a geographical cork on Central Asia’s westward trade routes and pipelines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
I dived, and dived again, and each time popped up like a cork.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
Some winemakers place microchips under labels and corks that detect bottle tampering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
As the champagne corks popped around him, the five-time major champion was already speaking about how he believed finally landing the Masters would "free" him up for further success.
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 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
There was no champagne, or popping of corks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2024
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
Tan: The first bottle we sampled was corked, so I returned it for a replacement instead of just dumping it down the sink.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2024
Among the artefacts discovered were are a gunpowder barrel, swivel guns, a bottle of corked rum and woodworking tools.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2022
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
It was full of my Notebook, collecting jars, a cheese sandwich, a corked bottle of lemonade, and a waxed paper twist of pecans.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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
Andy Murray opened this set, and dammit, he’s going to close it, again teeing up his big brother for a volley with a corking first serve.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 19, 2015
"Something the patronne's daughter said. A corking row. She was rather splendid, you know. Showed her yellow card and demanded the patronne's daughter's too. I say it was a row."
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
