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gunk

[guhngk] / gʌŋk /














NOUN
soot
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"Millipedes were feeding on decaying mosses, decomposed slime, and primordial gunk on the surface of the Earth."

From Science Daily Jun. 14, 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 other takes place during a flight — Lindsay wiping gunk from the toilet seat and transferring it to the rim of the cup Ashley drinks from.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 17, 2026

The 34-year-old has 15m followers on TikTok who watch him remove gunk and debris from swimming pools and then use a jet washer to restore them back to their original beauty.

From BBC Dec. 3, 2024

I scrub off some gunk and put the pieces back together.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi




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