: a wide cloth adhesive tape originally designed for sealing joints in heating or air-conditioning ducts
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Prosecutors said Graves' body was partially wrapped in black garbage bags secured with duct tape, then rolled up in a rug alongside blankets, bags, pieces of mails, various items of clothing and trash.
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Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
The ice machine had duct tape on it.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
april 10, Sacbee.com, 10 Apr. 2026
Their bodies were found near each other on Ocean Parkway on Long Island in December 2010, bound with duct tape or leather belts and wrapped in burlap.
—Emily Krauser, PEOPLE, 8 Apr. 2026
Her remains were bound with rope inside a black plastic bag which was wrapped with duct tape, according to a court filing.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2026
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Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
The ice machine had duct tape on it.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
april 10, Sacbee.com, 10 Apr. 2026
Their bodies were found near each other on Ocean Parkway on Long Island in December 2010, bound with duct tape or leather belts and wrapped in burlap.
—Emily Krauser, PEOPLE, 8 Apr. 2026
Her remains were bound with rope inside a black plastic bag which was wrapped with duct tape, according to a court filing.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2026
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“Duct tape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/duct%20tape. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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