cork

At age 7, he started playing with a flying toy made of cork, bamboo and rubber bands.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

The facility plans to continue making other types of screw caps, capsule and Diam cork closures.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

Common insulation materials include fibreglass, non-combustible mineral wool, foam boards and natural fibre such as wood or cork.

From BBC ● Mar. 25, 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

When Lauren went downstairs and didn’t come back, Maya followed her and found her standing in the kitchen, one hand holding the cork and the other hand dumping the bottle down the drain.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway

Some winemakers place microchips under labels and corks that detect bottle tampering.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026

As the champagne corks popped around him, the five-time major champion was already speaking about how he believed finally landing the Masters would "free" him up for further success.

From BBC ● Apr. 9, 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

But even from above there was no mistaking that long, dirty-blonde hair, nor the necklace of butterbeer corks...

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

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

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

A chemical compound in the cork can cause a corked wine to taste musty or moldy, like wet cardboard.

From New York Times ● Dec. 30, 2021

Wordless, his uncle corked the waterskin, untied his horse, and mounted.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

“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

They were, he said unambiguously, “the finest I ever saw seated in a shell. And I’ve seen some corking boatloads.”

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown