as in to stopper
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Stubblefield bottled the sauce in old jam jars and Jack Daniel's bottles with the labels scraped off, corking them with a jalapeño.
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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
Instead of corking up the pipes with too many silencers, Ferrari regulates sounds with bypass valves.
—Mark Ewing, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
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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
Instead of corking up the pipes with too many silencers, Ferrari regulates sounds with bypass valves.
—Mark Ewing, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
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“Cork.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cork. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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