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
After the spray of resignations, fury and anger a month ago following Labour's calamitous election results, the Makerfield by-election campaign had put a temporary cork in the bottle of the party's dissent.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 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
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
Then he unwinds the wire top and pops the cork.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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
Rave also to the person at my workplace who collects wine bottle corks and periodically puts a giant batch into their Ridwell collection.
From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2024
Jinx wiggled one of the corks out of a jug.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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
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
His attention hits her like a corked Chianti, but she lacks the certainty to declare its bad taste.
From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2022
Among the artefacts discovered were are a gunpowder barrel, swivel guns, a bottle of corked rum and woodworking tools.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2022
Wordless, his uncle corked the waterskin, untied his horse, and mounted.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
“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
The MI6 building at Vauxhall Cross overlooking the river gives James Bond some exciting Thames moments in his corking speedboat chase at the beginning of The World Is Not Enough.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 11, 2020
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
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
