cork

The team spotted unusually large, whitish reproductive structures, known as 'stromata', growing from the woody roots of Chinese cork oak trees.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

At age 7, he started playing with a flying toy made of cork, bamboo and rubber bands.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

There's a fizzy anticipation in the air like a champagne bottle about to pop its cork.

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2026

Harry was glad, in any case, that she had left off her radish earrings, her butterbeer cork necklace, and her Spectrespecs.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

Makers of corks, capsules and bottles have been hit because overall U.S. wine volume has continued to decline, McMillan said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

Champagne corks popping throughout 23-year-old Fery's remarkable three-set win over ninth seed Flavio Cobolli - including one which the Italian complained put him off his service motion - proved fitting.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

Some winemakers place microchips under labels and corks that detect bottle tampering.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026

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 ● Feb. 11, 2026

There was a board over the spring and I lifted it and, knocking the corks firmly into the bottles, lowered them down into the water.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

When the priceless liquid is poured, the group is horrified by the odor: The wine is corked.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

PCC has great customer service; I purchased this Bordeaux at its Green Lake branch and was able to return the corked bottle at its Central District branch, no questions asked.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2024

Among the artefacts discovered were are a gunpowder barrel, swivel guns, a bottle of corked rum and woodworking tools.

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2022

They had corked over their whole faces, so there wasn’t a fat slab of clown red lip among them, nor a too-white eye, nor a grin, nor a shuck.

From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2020

Like McCandless, figures of male authority aroused in me a confusing medley of corked fury and hunger to please.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

“It’s always been part of the game,” he said, “just like hitters have always been corking their bats.”

From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2022

The warts on their outside are called "corking," as horticulturalist Jessica Walliser said on WNYC.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2022

There was corking the bat, spitballs, grease balls, Vaseline balls, baseball tampering, steroids, gambling and more that don’t come to mind right now.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2020

I was put off slightly by this cruelty-free brand’s teenybopper packaging, but with perseverance I have found some corking products.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 15, 2017

Forty-plus boys nervously corking in laughter are still quite loud.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell