: a wide cloth adhesive tape originally designed for sealing joints in heating or air-conditioning ducts
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During the welfare check, police discovered Bigazzi’s remains wrapped in plastic trash bags and duct tape in the basement of the couple’s Burlington home.
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 24 July 2024
After a week of trying to screw the parts back on herself, a friend helped Freeman duct tape the footrest back onto the chair.
—Tamia Fowlkes, Journal Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2024
The woman was wearing a trash bag, latex lingerie, a metal dog collar with a padlock around her neck and duct tape when she was found, the document states.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 10 July 2024
Wendie Prescott, who was Vu’s neighbor, was discovered tied with duct tape and strangled in her bathtub on Dec. 24, 1996, per WFAA.
—Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 7 June 2024
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 24 July 2024
After a week of trying to screw the parts back on herself, a friend helped Freeman duct tape the footrest back onto the chair.
—Tamia Fowlkes, Journal Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2024
The woman was wearing a trash bag, latex lingerie, a metal dog collar with a padlock around her neck and duct tape when she was found, the document states.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 10 July 2024
Wendie Prescott, who was Vu’s neighbor, was discovered tied with duct tape and strangled in her bathtub on Dec. 24, 1996, per WFAA.
—Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 7 June 2024
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“Duct tape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/duct%20tape. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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