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gunk

[guhngk] / gʌŋk /














NOUN
soot
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Bringing it all to a head: a civil trial began last week in a federal court where Elon Musk was trying to oust Altman, his former partner, and gunk up OpenAI’s going-public ambitions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026

The drugs attack a sticky gunk – called beta amyloid – that builds up in the spaces between brain cells in Alzheimer's disease.

From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026

He’s underqualified to fly planes or lead science experiments or even dish the gunk.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2025

Wastewater is filled with human feces, garbage and other gross gunk that carries dangerous disease, and is piped away from our civilization for that reason.

From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2024

He handed it to Damasen, who dunked the chewed-up gunk ball and stirred it with his finger.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan




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