cork

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Recent Examples of cork The 18th-century preservation process involved placing the cherries in dry bottles, corking them and then burying them under heavy clay, to protect the fleshy fruits from elements like mold and fungus. Rachel Treisman, NPR, 20 June 2024 Stubblefield bottled the sauce in old jam jars and Jack Daniel's bottles with the labels scraped off, corking them with a jalapeño. Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2023 As the pressure rises, his brain jams downward through the only exit, corking bloodflow. Oliver Broudy, Men's Health, 17 Aug. 2023 Cork Taint When a wine is described as corked, the culprit is something known as cork taint. Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 21 Feb. 2023 See all Example Sentences for cork 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cork
Verb
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    Luisa Zargani, WWD, 18 June 2024
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    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2019
Verb
  • Two romantic songs are bunged in, perhaps to give Triptii Dimri something to do; otherwise, she is mostly tasked with looking lovely.
    Anupama Chopra, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
  • And each subsequent image bunged into the algorithm could be used to lower the overall noise level.
    WIRED, WIRED, 19 Mar. 2023
Verb
  • Creative power can be dammed up or forestalled by everyday life, ordinary life, life in the squirrel cage.
    Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Key streams that once produced ample salmon — including the lower Snake River — are dammed, which restricts access to and survival of the fish.
    Evan Bush, NBC News, 3 Jan. 2025
Verb
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    Laura Schober, Health, 23 Jan. 2025
  • In addition to potentially clogging the Heat payroll, Butler also could again limit trades with threats to either not extend or to act out in a similar fashion to what currently has been at play.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2025

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“Cork.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cork. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.

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