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Sohm’s vision, per “American Mosaic,” is pure, black tar positivity: bald eagles soaring over magnificent vistas, gleaming farmland, small town cheerleaders on parade, tall ships sailing past the Statue of Liberty.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

In the old “Uncle Remus” stories the “tar baby” was a decoy, a doll made from a mixture of tar and turpentine by the crafty Br’er Fox to catch the elusive Br’er Rabbit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Under these conditions, the bark undergoes a process called dry distillation, in which heat breaks down the material and releases substances that can be collected as tar.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

This suggests that the bacteria-inhibiting properties of birch tar were not dependent on one particular production method.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

She’d taken a small tin of tar, and as Celaena rose from her crouch in the windowsill, her sticky, black hands and bare feet easily gripped the stone wall.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas

It tars everyone with the same brush, regardless of the facts.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

One wonders what those early salt- and sun-battered tars would have thought of the drink’s most recent incarnation, the milkshake IPA.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2023

In a 2,600-year-old embalming workshop, scientists have discovered the ingredients for making a mummy: the tars, fats, tree resins and oils ancient Egyptians used to preserve bodies and prepare them for the afterlife.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2023

The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938 included new regulations around color, specifically those derived from coal tars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2018

"Pull, gents! Be good lads! It's me own fault, not leadin' you around this bog. Me eyesight ain't what it was, is it, old tars?"

From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman

Although they premiered more than 20 years apart, the television shows “Bluey” and “South Park” have been tarred with the “millennial” brush.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

He had been born into the lowest rung of minor aristocracy—his uncle was a baronet—and his family wealth came from Australia: two things that tarred him with outsider status among the class-conscious British elite.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025

It risks being tarred with both the inflationary stickiness of the US, and the stagnant growth of the eurozone - the worst of both worlds.

From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2025

In suing Carroll, Trump said she tarred his reputation by maintaining in comments on CNN following the jury verdict that he had raped her.

From Reuters ● Aug. 10, 2023

With her and him fixin’ to git married, it was go’n be his last peddlin’ walk th’ew the mountains and he was jest sick and tarred a-sleepin’ on the ground.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

Abbott, who represents the Stoney Stanton and Croft division, said he was "not being prejudiced" or "tarring anyone" and was stating a concern "from his residents".

From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2026

It attempted to justify his deportation by tarring him as a gang member, an accusation that was based on comically flimsy evidence and which the government never tried to escalate to proving in court.

From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2025

American law enforcement was more interested in tarring King with whatever they could dig up than in protecting him.

From New York Times ● May 8, 2023

Not only for tarring the reputation of a beloved public figure but for breaking ranks with a tightknit community: Playboy itself.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2022

Above her, Horse and Archer were on the yards with little wooden pails, tarring down the rigging.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee