cork
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Wristwatches seem “to pause once brought inside, as if the threshold held a cork in the bottle of time.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
When Farahanipour heard about Khamenei’s death, he popped the cork from a champagne bottle and celebrated “the happiest moment of my life.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 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
The two countries constitute a geographical cork on Central Asia’s westward trade routes and pipelines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
I shout, twisting away from Rosie and popping the cork.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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
There was no champagne, or popping of corks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2024
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
There are various types of flips that have unique names that don't spell out exactly what the trick contains - including wildcat, tamedog, backflip, frontflip, rodeo, backside rodeo and corked spin.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026
PCC has great customer service; I purchased this Bordeaux at its Green Lake branch and was able to return the corked bottle at its Central District branch, no questions asked.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2024
When I “toured” the loch house, I was inspecting its shelf of corked jugs, wondering where the residents had stashed all their practical kitchen items, when I finally realized that there were no residents.
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2024
Mrs. Reilly corked her bottle and put it in the cold oven.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
“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
The MI6 building at Vauxhall Cross overlooking the river gives James Bond some exciting Thames moments in his corking speedboat chase at the beginning of The World Is Not Enough.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 11, 2020
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
"Something the patronne's daughter said. A corking row. She was rather splendid, you know. Showed her yellow card and demanded the patronne's daughter's too. I say it was a row."
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
