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gunk

[guhngk] / gʌŋk /














NOUN
soot
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The gunk washes into storm drains and pollutes creeks, rivers and beaches.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

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

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

To investigate the impact on indoor air quality, scientists study the gunk that builds up with laboratory models of surfaces.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 14, 2024

He swished the first mouthful and spat it out, trying to clear the oil and gunk from his mouth, and then drank, hard and fast, gulping.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi




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