cork

Example Sentences

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A cork is when a spin is combined with a flip, resulting in an 'off-axis' direction of travel resembling a corkscrew.

From BBC

Maybe it’s the way the planet ignores these sports for three years and 50 weeks before comically leaning in like we’re all Ph.D.s in lutzes and double cork 1080s.

From The Wall Street Journal

But she fell on a cab double cork 1080, which she had stomped in her first two runs.

From Los Angeles Times

And with it fell Jonn and Rowan, gasping and shocked, tossed like corks in the bubbling rush.

From Literature

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