: a wide cloth adhesive tape originally designed for sealing joints in heating or air-conditioning ducts
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Three men have now been arrested and face a list of charges after two teenage girls told police the men tied them down with duct tape and zip ties and were raped in a home on Castleview Drive in Kennedy Township, Allegheny County.
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Jessica Riley, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
Together, Sarah Wondra and the roommates bound Michael with duct tape and shoved him into the duffel bag, Wondra recounted to the detectives.
—Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 15 Dec. 2025
The climber’s equivalent to duct tape, used for everything from first aid to gear patches to even a makeshift stick clip.
—The Editors, Outside, 12 Dec. 2025
For the former, eight cheering, singing, dancing fans joined MGK, the dancers and his six backing musicians, with one fan having the privilege of ripping off a piece of duct tape from his mouth.
—Piet Levy, jsonline.com, 7 Dec. 2025
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Jessica Riley, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
Together, Sarah Wondra and the roommates bound Michael with duct tape and shoved him into the duffel bag, Wondra recounted to the detectives.
—Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 15 Dec. 2025
The climber’s equivalent to duct tape, used for everything from first aid to gear patches to even a makeshift stick clip.
—The Editors, Outside, 12 Dec. 2025
For the former, eight cheering, singing, dancing fans joined MGK, the dancers and his six backing musicians, with one fan having the privilege of ripping off a piece of duct tape from his mouth.
—Piet Levy, jsonline.com, 7 Dec. 2025
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“Duct tape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/duct%20tape. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.
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