taped

verb

past tense of tape
as in wired

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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. — 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
  1. lashed
  2. bandaged
  3. chained
  4. shackled
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  • Some lashed out at United’s fan representatives — volunteers who have been working behind the scenes to try to help.
    — Andy Mitten, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • Beijing lashed out at the European Union after the latter fined AliExpress, the largest Chinese e-commerce platform in the bloc, more than half a billion euros over the uncurbed sale of counterfeit goods on its site.
    — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 22 July 2026
Definition of lashed
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  • Colorado Public Radio News reported that the woman injured in Aurora, 22-year-old Emma Landis, was pictured walking on crutches with her lower-right leg bandaged and returned to an anti-ICE demonstration outside the Aurora facility on Sunday.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 23 July 2026
  • After the mob boss attack, his bloodied, bandaged look in a hospital bed evokes classic Invisible Man, while a more convenient mask later on feels more akin to House of Wax.
    — Entertainment Weekly, Entertainment Weekly, 21 July 2026
Definition of bandaged
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  • The company said advanced cyber-capable models could ultimately become useful defensive tools, helping security teams identify vulnerabilities, understand how individual weaknesses can be chained together and respond to attacks faster.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026
  • Though Felipe was originally chained inside a hole in the woods, he was moved to Esmeralda Farm out of caution that he might be found.
    — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026
Definition of chained
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  • The airline’s flights have grown longer and crueler in recent years, with deportees sometimes shackled for days, according to an investigation by Mother Jones.
    — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026
  • Carlos Sanchez, the Colombia midfielder, shadowed and successfully shackled Messi in a 2011 Copa America game that finished goalless.
    — Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 10 July 2026
Definition of shackled

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