cork
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Common insulation materials include fibreglass, non-combustible mineral wool, foam boards and natural fibre such as wood or cork.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 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
Maybe it’s the way the planet ignores these sports for three years and 50 weeks before comically leaning in like we’re all Ph.D.s in lutzes and double cork 1080s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 15, 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 was just going to take the cork out of my water-bottle—I had a little left—but I was immediately hustled on by the man behind me.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
Some winemakers place microchips under labels and corks that detect bottle tampering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 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
"They were hoping to pop the champagne corks and be toasting a completely unarguable success," she told BBC News.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2024
They get in the big pool and float around like a bunch a fishing corks.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
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
When I “toured” the loch house, I was inspecting its shelf of corked jugs, wondering where the residents had stashed all their practical kitchen items, when I finally realized that there were no residents.
From New York Times ● Feb. 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
Mrs. Reilly corked her bottle and put it in the cold oven.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
“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
There was corking the bat, spitballs, grease balls, Vaseline balls, baseball tampering, steroids, gambling and more that don’t come to mind right now.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2020
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
Tirelessly the woman marched to and fro, corking and uncorking herself, singing and falling silent, and pegging out more diapers, and more and yet more.
From "1984" by George Orwell
