cork

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A double cork is a complex and technical trick in skiing which includes two off-axis flips.

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

Trails lead past old-fashioned greenhouses, beehives, and eucalyptus, palm and cork trees.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

Harry was bobbing like a cork in bubbly water next to her rock, while she held his Firebolt over his head.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling