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Recent Examples of taped
The first depicted a ripe banana duct-taped to a blank white wall—unmistakably, Maurizio Cattelan’s viral artwork Comedian—and the second featuring just the duct-tape on the wall.
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Devorah Lauter,
ARTnews.com,
1 June 2026
When authorities asked King to remove the breast banner as vulgar, King taped over the nipples with stars made of tape or Magic Marker.
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Kansas City Star,
3 Feb. 2026
Baseboards, trim, and any objects, like light switches, should be taped off with painters tape.
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Timothy Dale,
The Spruce,
27 Jan. 2026
The trailheads for the Crosier Mountain hiking area are currently taped off with law enforcement caution tape, closing them to public access.
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Alan Gionet,
CBS News,
3 Jan. 2026
Devorah Lauter,
ARTnews.com,
1 June 2026
When authorities asked King to remove the breast banner as vulgar, King taped over the nipples with stars made of tape or Magic Marker.
—
Kansas City Star,
3 Feb. 2026
Baseboards, trim, and any objects, like light switches, should be taped off with painters tape.
—
Timothy Dale,
The Spruce,
27 Jan. 2026
The trailheads for the Crosier Mountain hiking area are currently taped off with law enforcement caution tape, closing them to public access.
—
Alan Gionet,
CBS News,
3 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for taped
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With two strikes and two outs in the ninth inning, Turner lashed a single to center.
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Photos of Hammett in the garment eventually caught the attention of Swifties, who lashed out at the guitarist on Reddit and social media.
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Pino is seen in the footage shirtless, in shorts and with his head bandaged.
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Both players had their heads bandaged and were substituted, for Chris Wood and Filip Jorgenson, after a stoppage of around five minutes.
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Another told The Times she was arrested while high on fentanyl and had to detox without medication while chained to a metal bar for hours.
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The footage shows men and women with bags over their heads, chained to the wall in the underground tunnels, looking not that dissimilar from detainees at Abu Ghraib.
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Another vintage bit, which MTV also declined to air, involves Knoxville, dressed in an orange prison jumpsuit and shackled in handcuffs, entering a hardware store and asking for a hacksaw.
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Written by Evan Cooper, Blood On The Promontory finds five convicts trying to escape through the mountains following a violent train robbery, while shackled together by foot.
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“Taped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taped. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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