cork

Example Sentences

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Removing the cork reduces that pressure, allowing gas to separate into bubbles.

From Science Daily

Penelope settled in her usual spot, pole in hand, and watched her cork fishing float dance on the water’s surface.

From Literature

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

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

From The Wall Street Journal

A possible driver is "Arctic amplification" -- global warming reduces the temperature difference from the planet's low to high latitudes, weakening the winds that normally steer storms "like a cork in stream."

From Barron's