: a wide cloth adhesive tape originally designed for sealing joints in heating or air-conditioning ducts
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Don created a life-size rhino out of metal, duct tape and tin foil and installed it in the backyard.
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Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
Many were in body bags, some wrapped in sheets and duct tape.
—Jesse Bedayn, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026
Wrap old towels or T-shirts around the spigot and secure it with duct tape or bungee cords.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 4 Feb. 2026
Currently, Vise is working with the FBI to identify people who committed similar crimes, to compare their prints to the partial print found on the duct tape.
—Audrey Abrahams, NBC news, 1 Feb. 2026
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Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
Many were in body bags, some wrapped in sheets and duct tape.
—Jesse Bedayn, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026
Wrap old towels or T-shirts around the spigot and secure it with duct tape or bungee cords.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 4 Feb. 2026
Currently, Vise is working with the FBI to identify people who committed similar crimes, to compare their prints to the partial print found on the duct tape.
—Audrey Abrahams, NBC news, 1 Feb. 2026
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“Duct tape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/duct%20tape. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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