: a wide cloth adhesive tape originally designed for sealing joints in heating or air-conditioning ducts
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Prosecutors allege videos recorded of the incident showed Dale with his wrists bound, a plastic bag over his head and duct tape over his mouth for several minutes.
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City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2026
Never neglect to pack a roll of duct tape—its uses are nearly endless.
—Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 1 May 2026
In the days before the killings, Abugharbieh ordered supplies such as duct tape and lighter fluid from Amazon and searched for ways to dispose of bodies, according to court records obtained by the USA TODAY Network.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 1 May 2026
The court had previously rejected Peterson's requests for new DNA testing in the case on almost all of the evidence, aside from a piece of duct tape found on his wife's pants.
—Michael Ruiz , Claudia Cowan, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
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City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2026
Never neglect to pack a roll of duct tape—its uses are nearly endless.
—Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 1 May 2026
In the days before the killings, Abugharbieh ordered supplies such as duct tape and lighter fluid from Amazon and searched for ways to dispose of bodies, according to court records obtained by the USA TODAY Network.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 1 May 2026
The court had previously rejected Peterson's requests for new DNA testing in the case on almost all of the evidence, aside from a piece of duct tape found on his wife's pants.
—Michael Ruiz , Claudia Cowan, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
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“Duct tape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/duct%20tape. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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