: a wide cloth adhesive tape originally designed for sealing joints in heating or air-conditioning ducts
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The injuries provided cover for months, and, frankly, Adelman was at his best when putting together starting lineups with chicken wire and duct tape.
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Troy Renck, Denver Post, 16 Mar. 2026
Even a creepy, homemade duct tape balaclava mask shows up.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 15 Mar. 2026
However, District 3 commissioner Beth Welch compared that effort to putting duct tape to cover holes on a leaky tank of swamp water.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Mar. 2026
Prosecutors allege the pair threw a device containing triacetone triperoxide, or TATP, with nuts and bolts attached using duct tape.
—Greg Wehner , Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 12 Mar. 2026
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Troy Renck, Denver Post, 16 Mar. 2026
Even a creepy, homemade duct tape balaclava mask shows up.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 15 Mar. 2026
However, District 3 commissioner Beth Welch compared that effort to putting duct tape to cover holes on a leaky tank of swamp water.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Mar. 2026
Prosecutors allege the pair threw a device containing triacetone triperoxide, or TATP, with nuts and bolts attached using duct tape.
—Greg Wehner , Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 12 Mar. 2026
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“Duct tape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/duct%20tape. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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