as in to stopper
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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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cork
Verb
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Absent from the two teams was Wolves’ perimeter stopper Jaden McDaniels.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
23 May 2025
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Technical fabrications are still making an appearance with a lot of wind stopper luxe nylons but in shapes and silhouettes that feel more part of a rtw collection than a purely function purchase.—
Luisa Zargani,
WWD,
18 June 2024
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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
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And each subsequent image bunged into the algorithm could be used to lower the overall noise level.—
WIRED,
WIRED,
19 Mar. 2023
Verb
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These results highlight a strange irony: Humans have made the world more stressful for all kinds of animals by, for example, destroying their habitat and damming up rivers.—
Benji Jones,
Vox,
10 Apr. 2025
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Animal Power, Quantified (Eos) by Carolyn Wilke Beavers damming rivers and termites building earthen mounds aren’t just interesting subjects for nature shows.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
1 Apr. 2025
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So socks on carpeting will still likely be avoided entirely instead of being picked up (which is still better than being sucked up and clogging the robovac).—
Anthony Karcz,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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More problematic than imposing on your gracious hospitality, ants can clog the nectar ports so hummingbirds can't access the nectar.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
18 May 2025
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“Cork.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cork. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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