electrical tape
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Sometimes, the group said, it would see vehicles with no plates, or plates blacked out with electrical tape, or temporary paper plates that just so happened to tear off in the wind.
From Slate • Oct. 27, 2025
The works he had been making since 1962 weren’t exactly photogenic, assembled from modest materials like translucent plastic scrim, solid planes of color or black electrical tape.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2023
Smoke alarms, TVs, clocks, curtains, under the door -- I literally need to travel with black electrical tape and a mask.
From Washington Post • Dec. 8, 2022
After Seth saw “The Terminator,” Mark recalled, he made himself a stunningly elaborate “replica of the Terminator’s gun” using duct tape, electrical tape, paper-towel and toilet-paper rolls.
From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2021
After pulling a length of the cable out and stripping the ends, she fiddled with a roll of electrical tape until Vogel arrived.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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