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gunk

[guhngk] / gʌŋk /














NOUN
soot
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The drugs attack a sticky gunk – called beta amyloid – that builds up in the spaces between brain cells in Alzheimer's disease.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Smoglandia: The cause of SoCal’s smog is identified and it isn’t the factories spewing black gunk into the sky in support of the war effort.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

WSJ | Buy Side: Clear out the gunk in your AirPods with this high-quality cleaning set.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

People fall in love with the gunk that differentiates us from one another.

From Slate • Jan. 7, 2026

He swished the first mouthful and spat it out, trying to clear the oil and gunk from his mouth, and then drank, hard and fast, gulping.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi




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