: a wide cloth adhesive tape originally designed for sealing joints in heating or air-conditioning ducts
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The suspect’s vehicle may be a Mazda with a license plate covered by electrical or duct tape.
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Arkansas Online, 29 July 2025
The man also had a black backpack and wore fingerless gloves, police said, and was seen driving toward a park exit in a black, four-door sedan, possibly a Mazda, with a license plate possibly covered with electrical or duct tape.
—John Bacon, USA Today, 29 July 2025
He was seen driving toward a park exit in a black, four-door sedan that may have been a Mazda, with a license plate covered by electrical or duct tape.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 29 July 2025
He’d been seen heading toward a park exit in a black, four-door sedan, possibly a Mazda whose license plate was obscured with electrical or duct tape.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 28 July 2025
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Arkansas Online, 29 July 2025
The man also had a black backpack and wore fingerless gloves, police said, and was seen driving toward a park exit in a black, four-door sedan, possibly a Mazda, with a license plate possibly covered with electrical or duct tape.
—John Bacon, USA Today, 29 July 2025
He was seen driving toward a park exit in a black, four-door sedan that may have been a Mazda, with a license plate covered by electrical or duct tape.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 29 July 2025
He’d been seen heading toward a park exit in a black, four-door sedan, possibly a Mazda whose license plate was obscured with electrical or duct tape.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 28 July 2025
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“Duct tape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/duct%20tape. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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