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[grout] / graʊt /




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She made several smaller works but in the same style of her large work, out of acrylic and grout.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2024

From the acidic brine of pickle juice to the grout between your bathroom tiles, mold can thrive in even the most inhospitable environments.

From National Geographic Nov. 10, 2023

“They can be mounted on the wall with a single solid sheet to avoid having grout lines,” Ellentuck says.

From Seattle Times Jul. 14, 2023

Critics warn that the waste could outlive the grout and seep out again in future centuries.

From New York Times May 31, 2023

His own room was the size of our downstairs, and he had his own bathroom and tile with the grout still around it.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt

Both sanded and unsanded grouts are cement-based or latex-modified products.

From Washington Post Nov. 5, 2021

For cement-based or latex-modified grouts, it’s safest to work on only about three square feet at a time.

From Washington Post Nov. 5, 2021

Sanded and unsanded grouts are mixed with water and installation and cleanup are simple.

From Seattle Times Nov. 4, 2021

The size of Longo's voyeuristic images reflects the scale of his essential subject: the American consciousness industry, and the way it grouts every cranny in public life.

From Time Magazine Archive

Oatmeal or porridge is always called "grouts"; and the Cotswold native does not talk of hoisting a ladder, but "highsting" is the term he uses.

From A Cotswold Village by Gibbs, J. Arthur

The reality, he said, is that the 54 million gallons of sludge will most likely never be removed; he believes it will be grouted and left in place for future generations to deal with.

From New York Times May 31, 2023

The GAO says costs could be cut by tens of billions of dollars if some of the low-activity waste were grouted, or immobilized in concrete, and shipped out of Washington for disposal.

From Seattle Times Aug. 12, 2022

Once a toilet is bolted correctly to the flange, the gap between the base of the toilet and the floor should be grouted using regular tile grout.

From Washington Post Dec. 21, 2021

As for instances already encountered, she said, “all subsidence areas have been sealed, grouted and fully restored. This is standard industry practice in these situations.”

From Washington Times Oct. 27, 2018

The joints below water were calked by divers and above water by masons, and a section was then grouted.

From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Gillette, Halbert Powers

Originally envisioned as a means to an end, the express trains, steam trains and mail trains quickly became the focus of my journey, the cities and towns like grouting smoothed around the tracks.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 29, 2025

Crews need to test the road’s base, which includes drilling and grouting of smaller holes and voids in the surrounding area.

From Slate Oct. 17, 2025

Once he was inside, Chris noticed problems: "I have a photo where there were actual mushrooms growing out of the grouting in the bathroom," he says.

From BBC Dec. 4, 2023

The grouting work on the second tunnel is expected to continue into the winter.

From Seattle Times Oct. 26, 2018

I listen, as I watch the king grouting away, but understand nothing except the animosity between Tibe and Estraven.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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