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cognac

[kohn-yak, kon-, kaw-nyak] / ˈkoʊn jæk, ˈkɒn-, kɔˈnjak /
NOUN
brandy
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For a VS cognac, that means projecting what will happen in two years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

These included a cognac label, a tequila brand, and three rhum agricole, or sugarcane juice rums, labels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

The businessman, who made his money in cognac and real estate, had renounced his Ukrainian citizenship some years ago.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

They are not empty threats for the EU since China previously slapped duties on European cognac and conducted anti-dumping probes into pork and dairy products.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

His darling “Lotje” has sent him eggs, butter, cookies, lemonade, bread, cognac, spice cake, flowers, oranges, chocolate, books and writing paper.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

Macron brought up some particularly French concerns, including China’s threat of tariffs on cognacs.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2024

For long, rum has been relegated to the bottom shelf of bar cabinets around the world with whiskeys, cognacs and gins taking prime slots.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2023

There’s a brass lamp from Rick’s, fringed with imitation gemstones, and two rattan chairs where Europe’s desperate and displaced drank their cognacs and plotted their escapes.

From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2022

Now combined into a single storefront, the current retail space retains raffish details of its liquor-store days, including a retro red-and-blue neon sign and period gilt window lettering advertising cognacs and cordials.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 28, 2022

The two cognacs went by the name of "a pair of flannel trousers."

From The Undying Past by Hermann Sudermann


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