1
as in to pull
to draw out by force or with effort
practically every word had to be corkscrewed out of the tight-lipped witness
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2
as in to curl
to follow a circular or spiral course
the trail corkscrews through dense woods to the top of the steep hill
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Recent Examples of corkscrew
Nate Jones, Vulture, 25 July 2024
These include its corkscrew shape, which allows the bacterium to burrow its way into the stomach lining.
—Steffini Stalos, Verywell Health, 3 Oct. 2024
Kate Maxwell, Travel + Leisure, 18 May 2024
Always prepared, Schrader brought his own bottle of wine and corkscrew to a table of teetotalers.
—Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 9 May 2024
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Adjective
If your truck had a little corkscrew thing on the bottom, would that be sufficient to protect you from a tornado?
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 25 July 2024
These include its corkscrew shape, which allows the bacterium to burrow its way into the stomach lining.
—Steffini Stalos, Verywell Health, 3 Oct. 2024
Verb
The sitting area had a dramatic brick chimney that corkscrewed from floor to ceiling.
—Kate Maxwell, Travel + Leisure, 18 May 2024
Always prepared, Schrader brought his own bottle of wine and corkscrew to a table of teetotalers.
—Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 9 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for corkscrew
Adjective
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So, with the stage set, Hubble and Humason set to work observing spiral nebulas with the Hooker telescope.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
17 Jan. 2025
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Also located there is the end of the Venom Drop, an 11-story, dry, spiral slide that’s a signature feature of World Europa.—
Elizabeth Heath,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Brands began to pull together resources to support refugees.—
Stephan Rabimov,
Forbes,
13 Feb. 2023
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The 13-minute performance will likely call for a healthy dose of vibrant, colored lighting to pull it all together.—
Kelly Allen,
House Beautiful,
10 Feb. 2023
Verb
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Smoke curled around my body as Maria Garcia, a Yucatec Maya healer, walked around me in circles, swinging a pail of incense.—
Gina DeCaprio Vercesi,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Jan. 2025
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While certain products can be used across different hair textures, lengths, curl patterns, thicknesses, colors (natural and unnatural), and needs, hair products are often created with specific consumers in mind.—
Erin Parker,
Allure,
22 Jan. 2025
Verb
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In November, a man from Stellenbosch, South Africa, returned home to find a cape cobra coiled under a pillow on his bed.—
Kelli Bender,
People.com,
2 Jan. 2025
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Now one of the movie men approaches, fat extension cords coiled around both arms.—
Honor Jones,
The Atlantic,
7 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Miners work to extract coltan at a mine, near Rubaya, in DR Congo's North Kivu region, on April 12, 2023.—
Nimi Princewill,
CNN,
28 Jan. 2025
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That leaves the other two ways of extracting equity as reasonable options.—
Nerdwallet,
Twin Cities,
27 Jan. 2025
Verb
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But those small moments of a day grow profound as Peter’s winding monologue wears on.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
27 Jan. 2025
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Daphne uses it to create her avant-garde music, born of the noises Darcy records with his boom mic while out on winding strolls.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
25 Jan. 2025
Verb
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For Hodge, having to squat naked and pluck out her eye was nothing compared with what would follow.—
Julie K. Brown,
Miami Herald,
23 Jan. 2025
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More than 750 northern tidewater gobies were plucked from a lagoon ravaged by the Palisades fire and transferred to aquariums.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Al Suave's curving roofs mimic the waves just steps away, while a flowing pool cuts through the property like the creek that divides the two sides of town.—
Natalie Stoclet,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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The site sits on the edge of Coffey Park, an unlikely haven in the middle of industrial Brooklyn with its curving walkways and 126 trees.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
8 Jan. 2025
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“Corkscrew.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corkscrew. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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