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Recent Examples of corker 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 Styled by Max Ortega September 3, 2024 HIGH AND MIGHTY Understatement has its merits, but so too does a bolt of pure whimsy—just ask model Abby Champion (near right) and her corker of a Stefan Cooke hat; stefancooke.co.uk. Sean Thomas, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2024 Understatement has its merits, but so too does a bolt of pure whimsy—just ask model Abby Champion (near right) and her corker of a Stefan Cooke hat; stefancooke.co.uk. Sean Thomas, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2024 The climactic shoot-out, which goes on for 25 incredible minutes, is an absolute corker. and Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 21 June 2024 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, EW.com, 29 May 2024 The traffic corkers said a man later identified as Smith politely approached the traffic corkers and asked several questions while walking past, before returning in a hot and inexplicable rage 20 minutes later. oregonlive, 19 Apr. 2023 Movie four is a corker. Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for corker
Noun
  • Victoria, meanwhile, turned her Spice Girls superstardom into a thriving fashion and beauty label, Victoria Beckham Holdings Limited.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 20 June 2025
  • Formally brilliant, the pieces have been in love with beauty and have cautiously flirted with representation.
    Vince Aletti, New Yorker, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • Being from New York, it’s always been a dream of mine to play professionally here.
    Jenn Nelson, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
  • There are still a handful of dream sequences and surreal interludes that seem to want to underscore the show’s deep psychological curiosity, and its unwillingness to be an easy watch.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • This is a humdinger of a pollinator plant, attracting not only humming bees and butterflies, but a host of other insects, too.
    Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 24 May 2025
  • Rosenblatt gives her a humdinger of a first act closing speech complete with the kind of curtain line actors kill for.
    David Benedict, Variety, 7 May 2025
Noun
  • Reinhart, who scored the game-winner in Game 7 of the Cup Final last year, opened scoring 4:36 with a beaut of an individual effort.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 18 June 2025
  • Check out this sliding beaut: Crawford’s skeptics, however, will point to an elevated ground-ball rate (63.8%) and his next-to-nil power (only one home run) as reasons to leave him in the minors.
    Anthony Stitt, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • Julia Roberts is the divine ripsnorter of weeping.
    New York Times, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2022
  • Will relish manager Brendan Rodgers style of play, and could have another ripsnorter of a campaign.
    SI.com, SI.com, 6 July 2019
Noun
  • The new see-through marvels of the Temporis Duo Grand Complication Openface add to Vacheron’s rich history of minute repeaters and complications, and like the Solaria, is a piece unique for one collector to savor.
    Thor Svaboe, Robb Report, 25 June 2025
  • This compact fan is a slim, rechargeable marvel intended to keep you cool.
    Jené Luciani Sena , Caitlyn Martyn may earn a commission if you buy through our referral links. This content was created by a team that works independently from the Fox newsroom., FOXNews.com, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • Divorces are rarely pretty, but Ryan Lochte’s is shaping up to be a doozy.
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 10 June 2025
  • Getting back into changing diapers and doing the early mornings and late nights can be a doozy.
    Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • Silent Retreat is a bodice ripper with a fillip of Roman Catholic ritual: a novice ripper.
    Air Mail, Air Mail, 14 June 2025
  • Fritz kicked his first serve into Evans’s single-handed backhand to devastating effect, rather than just hitting his usual flat rippers.
    James Hansen, The Athletic, 1 Aug. 2024

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“Corker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corker. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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