as in beauty
something very good of its kind
that last race was a real corker!
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Recent Examples of corker
Still, the opening episode is a corker.
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Radhika Seth, Vogue, 9 Apr. 2026
The brainy story pits 007 against two of his most fearsome adversaries: Robert Shaw's stocky hitman Red Grant, whose Orient Express showdown is a slow-burn corker, and Bertolt Brecht veteran Lotte Lenya (of ''Mack the Knife'' fame) as unforgettable shoe-dagger-wielding Rosa Klebb.
—Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Jan. 2026
Penned by Aaron Sorkin, this corker of a suspense film stars Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon and more.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 21 Dec. 2025
The second number of the show was, if not as much of a surprise, equally a corker… and a thematically appropriate choice for the followup choice in the set.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 27 Sep. 2025
Based on a script by Richard Price and Alexander Ignon, Ransom is a corker of a paranoid, father’s-worst-nightmare thriller in which Gibson plays Tom, a one-percenter who discovers that his son has been kidnapped.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
Anyway, Breville doles out sales sparingly, and this little corker is $50 off for the spring sale.
—Simon Hill, Wired News, 31 Mar. 2025
The final scene — a real corker — was filmed at City Hall.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Radhika Seth, Vogue, 9 Apr. 2026
The brainy story pits 007 against two of his most fearsome adversaries: Robert Shaw's stocky hitman Red Grant, whose Orient Express showdown is a slow-burn corker, and Bertolt Brecht veteran Lotte Lenya (of ''Mack the Knife'' fame) as unforgettable shoe-dagger-wielding Rosa Klebb.
—Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Jan. 2026
Penned by Aaron Sorkin, this corker of a suspense film stars Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon and more.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 21 Dec. 2025
The second number of the show was, if not as much of a surprise, equally a corker… and a thematically appropriate choice for the followup choice in the set.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 27 Sep. 2025
Based on a script by Richard Price and Alexander Ignon, Ransom is a corker of a paranoid, father’s-worst-nightmare thriller in which Gibson plays Tom, a one-percenter who discovers that his son has been kidnapped.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
Anyway, Breville doles out sales sparingly, and this little corker is $50 off for the spring sale.
—Simon Hill, Wired News, 31 Mar. 2025
The final scene — a real corker — was filmed at City Hall.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for corker
Noun
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With more than ninety works, the galleries are thronged with beauties, many of whom refuse to be pinned down to a gender.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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And a prior production at Court Theatre made much more of the beauty of the changing of campus seasons, one of the ways Auburn gets at the nourishing pleasures of an academic life.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Near the end of this complex six-hundred-page book, Yamashita switches to a collective pronoun, suggesting that a common dream has connected her characters.—
Hua Hsu,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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For aspiring writers scrolling through deal announcements on industry sites or social media, those vague labels can fuel both dreams and misconceptions.—
Josh Rivera,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The resolute tango between the personal and the practical is a hallmark of a cookbook humdinger.—
Scott Hocker,
TheWeek,
5 Mar. 2026
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But this $12-a-year deal is a humdinger from Black Friday that's still active.—
Matthew Korfhage,
Wired News,
16 Dec. 2025
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And although this recipe calls for the instant version of Cream of Wheat, using the regular will yield a pancake with a bit more of the very light crunch that won these beauts so many fans.—
Amy Drew Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
18 Feb. 2026
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The only thing that separates this heavy-duty, 100-percent cotton beaut from its Barbour counterparts?—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
26 Nov. 2025
Noun
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That being said, writing this list has been a gluttonous doozy.—
Andre James,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Apr. 2026
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Oh boy, this one was going to be a doozy.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
29 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Built between 70 and 80 CE, the Roman Colosseum remains one of the engineering marvels of the world.—
Anne Doran,
ARTnews.com,
10 Apr. 2026
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They were also treated to a celestial marvel, witnessing a total solar eclipse from beyond the moon.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Quinn Hughes’ ripper allowed the Americans to advance.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
20 Feb. 2026
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From sounds of it, the group’s 12th studio album is a ripper.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
13 Feb. 2026
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Highly advanced experimental setup To observe this phenomenon, the team developed a highly advanced experimental setup at the Technion’s electron microscopy center.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Apr. 2026
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Julia Gomez is a Trending reporter for USA TODAY and covers popular toys, space phenomena, scientific studies, natural disasters, holidays, and trending news.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
17 Apr. 2026
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