: a wide cloth adhesive tape originally designed for sealing joints in heating or air-conditioning ducts
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The object looked like a pill bottle wrapped in duct tape, with a matchstick protruding from the lid with a piece of cloth, police said.
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Saleen Martin, USA Today, 3 June 2025
An aluminum pipe was also found in the backpack, with both ends sealed with duct tape, authorities said.
—Viola Flowers, NBC news, 30 May 2025
Losing Clayton Kershaw after only 26 pitches was a blow, yet somehow a Dodgers pitching staff held together by bubblegum and duct tape is still stronger than most.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 24 May 2025
The duct tape used in Fashion Icons was a reference to Marcus Omofuma, a 25-year-old Nigerian man who died on a 1999 deportation flight after Austrian police gagged and bound him with tape.
—Rachel Corbett, Vulture, 8 May 2025
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Saleen Martin, USA Today, 3 June 2025
An aluminum pipe was also found in the backpack, with both ends sealed with duct tape, authorities said.
—Viola Flowers, NBC news, 30 May 2025
Losing Clayton Kershaw after only 26 pitches was a blow, yet somehow a Dodgers pitching staff held together by bubblegum and duct tape is still stronger than most.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 24 May 2025
The duct tape used in Fashion Icons was a reference to Marcus Omofuma, a 25-year-old Nigerian man who died on a 1999 deportation flight after Austrian police gagged and bound him with tape.
—Rachel Corbett, Vulture, 8 May 2025
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“Duct tape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/duct%20tape. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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