: a wide cloth adhesive tape originally designed for sealing joints in heating or air-conditioning ducts
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They cannot be secured with duct tape, rocks, bricks, sand or gallon jugs of water.
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Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 28 Aug. 2025
Behind the scenes, it was held together with duct tape and luck.
—Renny Vandewege, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
He was detained in Los Angeles with a sharp object, duct tape and love letters to Aniston, according to the BBC.
—Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Stolen shows thieves covering motion sensors with hairspray, light sensors with black duct tape, and cameras with black plastic bags.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 8 Aug. 2025
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Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 28 Aug. 2025
Behind the scenes, it was held together with duct tape and luck.
—Renny Vandewege, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
He was detained in Los Angeles with a sharp object, duct tape and love letters to Aniston, according to the BBC.
—Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Stolen shows thieves covering motion sensors with hairspray, light sensors with black duct tape, and cameras with black plastic bags.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 8 Aug. 2025
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“Duct tape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/duct%20tape. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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