caulking

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One of the most striking discoveries was a partial human fingerprint preserved in the caulking.

From Science Daily • Feb. 16, 2026

Fill the body with a firm, buttery dough—like the decadent chocolate one in our recipe below—and pump the handle like a caulking gun until your baking sheets are festooned with festive flowers, stars and more.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

They had several commercial uses, including in transformers and capacitors, oil used in motors and hydraulic systems, cable insulation, oil-based paint, caulking and plastics.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2024

Step 4: Have extra filler pieces or caulking in case your wall is not at a perfect 90 degrees to fill in the gaps.

From Seattle Times • May 3, 2024

The way it works is, you shove cotton into the seam between the plank and the keel with a caulking iron, which is like a dull chisel with a wide blade.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick