electrical tape
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So the fan made one himself before Game 4, using white electrical tape on the back of a Dodger blue jersey.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026
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
So they opened up their Steam Deck and stacked four little strips of electrical tape atop that same place inside the shell — right behind the fan.
From The Verge • Apr. 28, 2022
Tattered electrical tape held together the brass rail, and Jimmy had left behind his old equipment — suture scissors, adrenaline and Vaseline — in a briefcase.
From Washington Post • Nov. 15, 2021
I used electrical tape to attach cardboard fins to the casement and then borrowed Mom’s fingernail polish to paint a name on the side.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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