: a wide cloth adhesive tape originally designed for sealing joints in heating or air-conditioning ducts
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Police later found a backpack and other items in the bushes outside the house, including duct tape, a bleach container, a gas can and a lighter.
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Lea Skene, Quartz, 22 Apr. 2024
The bindings allegedly resulted in injuries, but were treated with cayenne and honey and covered with duct tape, the suit said.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 12 Apr. 2024
Sticky tape, like duct tape, can remove any hairs that get stuck in the skin.
—Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 29 Feb. 2024
It was packaged in 13 Home Depot cardboard boxes sealed with duct tape and placed just inside the trailer doors, per the affidavit.
—Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 7 Feb. 2024
Lea Skene, Quartz, 22 Apr. 2024
The bindings allegedly resulted in injuries, but were treated with cayenne and honey and covered with duct tape, the suit said.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 12 Apr. 2024
Sticky tape, like duct tape, can remove any hairs that get stuck in the skin.
—Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 29 Feb. 2024
It was packaged in 13 Home Depot cardboard boxes sealed with duct tape and placed just inside the trailer doors, per the affidavit.
—Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 7 Feb. 2024
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“Duct tape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/duct%20tape. Accessed 7 May. 2024.
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