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Recent Examples of caskIts unique aging process in wooden casks creates complex flavors, with options ranging from everyday to splurge-worthy.—Randi Gollin, Martha Stewart, 12 Mar. 2026 The dessert room features 70 private booths made of wine casks where diners can choose from 50 decadent desserts to sample with a hot drink or dozens of dessert wines and ports.—Chelsea Brasted, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026 Initial maturation occurred in ex-bourbon and Oloroso sherry casks before the secondary wine cask influence.—Felipe Schrieberg, Forbes.com, 28 Feb. 2026 In the field, the robo-pup identified a shocking 10 percent of casks in need of some level of remediation.—Christopher Null, Wired News, 20 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cask
Clothes were washed outdoors in a heavy barrel called a zhlukto, or carried to a nearby stream.
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Lizzie Johnson,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
The price of crude oil rose to more than $105 a barrel in early trading today as uncertainty over the Strait of Hormuz continues to cloud the market's long- and medium-term outlook.
As Holland tees up, the sequence begins with Peter Parker at his local bodega as Ned walks in to buy a beer and keg… all without noticing his one-time bestie, who is hunched in the corner.
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Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
14 Apr. 2026
Here — with stainless-steel kegs nearby and bartenders pouring pilsners and pale ales under market lights and beach balls — wrestlers launch off the top rope in raucous displays of acrobatics.
The whisky was initially aged in Oloroso sherry butts from Spain, and after four decades it was transferred into three Spanish oak Pedro Ximénez hogsheads which were ultimately married together.
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Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
15 Apr. 2026
In 2022, an Ardbeg 1994 hogshead fetched £205,000 at auction.
On March 16, the drainage system was inspected with the help of cameras to see the pipe’s interior.
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Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
24 Apr. 2026
Lead, a heavy metal once common in products like pipes and paints, is a neurotoxin that can stunt children’s development, lower IQ scores and increase blood pressure in adults, according to the Associated Press.