cork

Example Sentences

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One might even stop to see a factory of cork wine-stoppers in action.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

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

Removing the cork reduces that pressure, allowing gas to separate into bubbles.

From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2025

Upstairs in Grossman’s office, which is now her architecture studio, she also removed the shag carpeting and replaced it with colorful cork flooring designed to feel like “fallen, random leaves,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2025

I dived, and dived again, and each time popped up like a cork.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath