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uncork

[uhn-kawrk] / ʌnˈkɔrk /




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Borel says when he gets them back, he hopes to uncork the two and enjoy a glass with his staff.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026

Then, when Yamamoto does uncork a throw, the ball can dart in any number of directions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2024

Expanding Medicaid would uncork a spigot of about $1.35 billion a year in federal funds to hospitals and health care providers, according to a 2021 report by the office of the state economist.

From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2023

But in the Saxons’ 27-7 victory, he continued to run directly at defenders much larger than him and uncork touchdown passes with linemen closing in.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 28, 2022

But even then, as he swerved back up onto the porch, Mercedes usually managed to uncork a half-dozen infinitely annoying gravel bits that plinked around his feet before he attained her son’s door.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

The composer struts in during a rehearsal, uncorks an embarrassingly stagey speech about his life and views, and forbids Guthrie from putting his modern spin on the oratorio.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025

Picking it up from the diagram, where the unsuspecting Bauer as Black has just played 13…a7-a6, White uncorks 14.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 26, 2023

The Djinn, eager to be freed from the glass prison from which Alitha uncorks him, begs her to make three wishes, but the skeptical Alithea isn’t just careful what she wishes for.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2022

What happened in Iraq was a spiritual disaster, and this brave and ingenious novel takes that idea and uncorks all its possible meanings.

From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2018

Alan sets down a garbage bag full of Amber and Clover’s old baby clothes, uncorks a bottle of cold champagne.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

Which is precisely what they uncorked to open the scoring.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

Andy Pages froze on a 100.8 mph fastball, one of 21 triple-digit pitches Misiorowski uncorked from his wiry 6-foot-7, 197-pound frame.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2025

They claim to share a sisterhood but whose dissimilar economic and social statuses rocket to the surface like freshly uncorked champagne bubbles.

From Salon ● Feb. 16, 2025

The idea is simple: As the weight on the volcanoes is lifted, the gases trapped in magma are released like the fizz in an uncorked bottle of champagne, driving eruptions.

From Science Magazine ● Dec. 2, 2024

I picked it up, uncorked it, and smelt it.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

Joshua capitalised and using his years of experience - and perhaps the emotion - he drew Prenga on to a jab before uncorking a crushing right hand.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

By the end, he was holding his head high at Liu’s gold medal romp, and uncorking his back flip in the Games-ending gala.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026

He’s also been wilding out on Truth Social, uncorking a series of posts that are unhinged, even for him.

From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2025

Doncic credits the partnership with Irving for uncorking the potential of a team that entered the postseason as a fifth seed.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 5, 2024

Ugwu went into the living room and his hands worked mechanically, serving kola nuts and alligator pepper, uncorking bottles, shoveling ice, laying out steaming bowls of pepper soup.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie


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