tarring

present participle of tar

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Verb
  • After smearing Tylenol, the president's unscripted remarks quickly veered into an incoherent rant linking vaccines to autism as well.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Ciarlo has been a beauty aficionado from her early age of sneaking into her mother's makeup drawer and smearing Joker-esque lipstick on her face.
    Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The problem is, people were drinking a lot of bad ones, sullying their opinion of the drink.
    Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 30 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The group sees ample opportunity for partnership with some of the denim industry’s leading finishing innovators, who have worked to replace stone-washing techniques—which are polluting and water-guzzling—with lasers to achieve whiskering and distressing.
    Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 30 Sep. 2025
  • China’s is arguably the most important; whatever the world’s most-polluting country does will determine the planet’s climate trajectory.
    Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Towards the middle of the month, Venus will highlight friendships and social circles, blurring the line between platonic and romantic — a crush could suddenly feel more significant.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Defendants have made a range of arguments that, if accepted, risk blurring the line between civil and military federal power—to the detriment of this nation.
    Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • High-Heat-Safe Alternatives While enameled cast-iron cookware is excellent to use for braising, roasting, baking, or gentle stovetop cooking, certain high heat applications like searing steak or blackening fish are best done in other types of pans, like traditional cast iron or stainless steel.
    Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Each footstep sent up clouds of dust and ash, coating everything, including my mouth and teeth, in fine grit, blackening my snot and saliva.
    River Selby August 25, Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • An extra help is lip pencil, which can be useful to outline the contour of the mouth and avoid smudging.
    Beatrice Zocchi, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Morelo recounted hateful reactions to his art, including people smudging out and scribbling over his spots.
    Max Bacall , Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • His arrest and subsequent trial blew it over like a house of cards, though, tarnishing Combs' reputation with claims of domestic abuse, intimidation and rampant drug use.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
  • There’s new leadership, new investors, and new games this time around, all in an effort to revive the brand without tarnishing its legacy.
    David Jagneaux, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Rahmani, the former prosecutor, said statements by Patel and other Justice Department officials could raise concerns about tainting the jury pool in a future trial.
    Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025
  • And around all this, the whiff of Epstein is tainting the president's achievements.
    Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Aug. 2025
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“Tarring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tarring. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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