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gunk

[guhngk] / gʌŋk /














NOUN
soot
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To deal with any remaining sticky or dried-on gunk, I do a simple two-pass wipe-down.

From Salon • May 5, 2026

Bringing it all to a head: a civil trial began last week in a federal court where Elon Musk was trying to oust Altman, his former partner, and gunk up OpenAI’s going-public ambitions.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

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

The gunk smelled like potting soil, cedar chips, grape juice and just a hint of fertilizer.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan




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