tars 1 of 2

noun

plural of tar
as in sailors
one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel a book about the adventurous lives of tars, skippers, and pirates of the 18th century

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verb

variants or tarres
present tense third-person singular of tar
as in pollutes

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Recent Examples of tars
Noun
Mummification experts at Saqqara drew on a continental network that supplied oils, tars and resins, combining these materials with specialized techniques of antisepsis, embalming, wrapping and coffin sealing. — R. Alexander Bentley, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tars
  1. sailors
  2. pollutes
  3. mariners
  4. soils
  5. salts
  6. dirties
  7. navigators
  8. smears
Noun
  • Following the deaths of several sailors in recent attacks , tanker captains and their insurers are expected to remain far more cautious about transiting the Strait.
    — Justin Zacks, CNBC, 23 July 2026
  • More women are joining the new generation of sailors, paddlers and voyagers.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 22 July 2026
Definition of sailors
Verb
  • Unless the energy powering data centers comes from clean energy sources, such as solar, wind or geothermal, generating that electricity also pollutes the air.
    — Ed Maibach, The Conversation, 8 June 2026
  • Meanwhile, the unceasing churn of clothing, footwear and accessories depletes soils, poisons the water, pollutes the air, drives deforestation, accelerates biodiversity loss and generates runaway planet-warming emissions that undermine brands’ lofty environmental ambitions.
    — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 1 May 2026
Definition of pollutes
Noun
  • Passed in 1920, the Jones Act requires that all shipments by water within the United States, including by ocean, be made on ships that are built in America, owned by American companies, and crewed by American mariners.
    — James Surowiecki, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026
  • Whereas attacks on mariners from other countries, including Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador, have been widely reported, the killing of Mexican seafarers has gone unacknowledged by the Mexican government — and largely unnoticed internationally.
    — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
Definition of mariners
Verb
  • Volcanic vineyard soils on display at Omina Romana.
    — Layne Randolph, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • At one point, the prisoner soils himself, prompting a vomitous reaction.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
Definition of soils
Noun
  • The ground is loaded with crop-harming salts, or in some areas prone to sinking if pumping resumes.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
  • Oral rehydration solutions, which are sold in most pharmacies, and liquids that contain salts and sugars — like broths, apple juice and electrolyte solutions like Gatorade — are the best bet for keeping your fluids up.
    — Elise Haulund, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
Definition of salts
Verb
  • The adventurous actress dirties up her frock and face to play the village pariah, who reeks of fish and would be no man’s idea of a suitable wife, except perhaps the one-eyed bum who sleeps in the town square.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026
Definition of dirties
Noun
  • Troutman said nonurgent calls redirected to the nurse navigators will result in cost savings for Arlington.
    — Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 July 2026
  • Additionally, employers should provide dedicated benefits navigators to guide employees through complex survivor benefits, Social Security, and life insurance decisions.
    — Christine Michel Carter, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of navigators
Verb
  • In other words, the show is a celebration of America’s 250th birthday, but one that smears a little cake on the country’s face.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 27 June 2026
  • This chilling, starkly beautiful ambient piece draws Nebraska’s marginal whispers to the forefront and smears them across the picture plane.
    — Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 10 Mar. 2026
Definition of smears

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