duct tape
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duct tapes
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“She just pushed that duct tape up and shimmied right out of that chair,” Roebuck recalls.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Castro said he had sealed windows at his home with duct tape and filled up extra water containers.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
Because the last owner “thought duct tape would fix everything.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
About an hour later, at 11:10, the accused returned the duct tape to the camera.
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026
Coach Hedge and Piper were struggling against their duct tape bonds while one of the demon monkey dwarfs danced around the deck, picking up whatever wasn’t tied down and sticking it in his bag.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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