: a wide cloth adhesive tape originally designed for sealing joints in heating or air-conditioning ducts
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Autrends Mini Duct Tape A simple roll of duct tape can save a trip in so many ways.
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Kristy Alpert, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2025
Dear wore a homemade bullet-resistant vest made out of silver coins and duct tape.
—Christa Swanson, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025
The result was a gleaming skyscraper held up by some rickety wooden boards, duct tape, and magic.
—Ian Stokes, Space.com, 14 Nov. 2025
The men overtook two security guards and tied them up with duct tape.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 8 Nov. 2025
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Kristy Alpert, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2025
Dear wore a homemade bullet-resistant vest made out of silver coins and duct tape.
—Christa Swanson, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025
The result was a gleaming skyscraper held up by some rickety wooden boards, duct tape, and magic.
—Ian Stokes, Space.com, 14 Nov. 2025
The men overtook two security guards and tied them up with duct tape.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 8 Nov. 2025
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“Duct tape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/duct%20tape. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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