rubber
Example Sentences
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Initially called “Fiber K” by the DuPont chemist who invented it, it was a replacement for the rubber used in women’s foundation garments, which was weighty, hot and quick to stretch out.
On that record cold morning in Florida, rubber gaskets called O-rings, which were supposed to keep various rocket segments sealed together, failed.
The Canyon Hills development project, approved by the Los Angeles City Council in 2005, is awaiting one final rubber stamp before crews can begin clearing hundreds of acres to make way for 221 homes.
From Los Angeles Times
Moving with the crowd toward the Capitol, Pezzola said that he saw one rioter, Joshua Black, get hit in the face by a rubber bullet and that he helped treat the bloody wound.
From Washington Post
Another crew was busy getting rubber mats off the ice to prepare the surface for hockey.
From Los Angeles Times
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