: a wide cloth adhesive tape originally designed for sealing joints in heating or air-conditioning ducts
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Autrends Mini Duct Tape A simple roll of duct tape can save a trip in so many ways.
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Kristy Alpert, Travel + Leisure, 8 Oct. 2025
Besides the gun and a total of 27 rounds of ammunition, Roske had pepper spray, zip ties, a hammer, screwdrivers, duct tape, lock-pick tools and other items.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Murray, 72, was found slain and bound with duct tape and zip ties in the basement of his home in the 3700 block of Newcastle after his wife called 911 to report a robbery.
—Christina Hall, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
The untrained alligator wrestlers attempted to duct tape the alligator's mouth shut.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
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Kristy Alpert, Travel + Leisure, 8 Oct. 2025
Besides the gun and a total of 27 rounds of ammunition, Roske had pepper spray, zip ties, a hammer, screwdrivers, duct tape, lock-pick tools and other items.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Murray, 72, was found slain and bound with duct tape and zip ties in the basement of his home in the 3700 block of Newcastle after his wife called 911 to report a robbery.
—Christina Hall, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
The untrained alligator wrestlers attempted to duct tape the alligator's mouth shut.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
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“Duct tape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/duct%20tape. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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