: a wide cloth adhesive tape originally designed for sealing joints in heating or air-conditioning ducts
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Also at the scene were a pair of swimming goggles blacked out with duct tape that had a blonde hair attached.
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Stepheny Price, Fox News, 1 Jan. 2025
Pick Up Shards Use sticky tape, like duct tape, or a damp paper towel to pick up glass fragments and shards.
—Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Dec. 2024
Her travel kit typically includes duct tape, Allen wrenches and other small tools for minor fixes.
—Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2024
Timmerman, who was discovered by fishermen with duct tape wrapped around her face, her hands in handcuffs and her body weighted down by cinder blocks, disappeared days before Gabrion was scheduled to face trial on the rape allegation.
—Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 23 Dec. 2024
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Stepheny Price, Fox News, 1 Jan. 2025
Pick Up Shards Use sticky tape, like duct tape, or a damp paper towel to pick up glass fragments and shards.
—Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Dec. 2024
Her travel kit typically includes duct tape, Allen wrenches and other small tools for minor fixes.
—Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2024
Timmerman, who was discovered by fishermen with duct tape wrapped around her face, her hands in handcuffs and her body weighted down by cinder blocks, disappeared days before Gabrion was scheduled to face trial on the rape allegation.
—Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Duct tape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/duct%20tape. Accessed 8 Jan. 2025.
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