cork

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

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

Death cap mushrooms are known to sprout across the state of California but they thrive in shady, humid or moist environments under live oak and cultivated cork oak trees.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 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

There were several champagne bottles in the room, I suppose for the refreshment of Morton—and as I entered the room a cork popped with a dreadful noise, and I made for the door terrified.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Makers of corks, capsules and bottles have been hit because overall U.S. wine volume has continued to decline, McMillan said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

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

While investors may have been popping champagne corks, Mr Xi has deeper issues to tackle.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2024

And with it fell Jonn and Rowan, gasping and shocked, tossed like corks in the bubbling rush.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda

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

But Philippe Faure-Brac, the head of the French union of sommeliers, said that anosmia made it harder to work with chefs on new or more subtle pairings; worse, its victims cannot detect corked wines.

From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2021

Like McCandless, figures of male authority aroused in me a confusing medley of corked fury and hunger to please.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

“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

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

Forty-plus boys nervously corking in laughter are still quite loud.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell