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rubber

[ruhb-er] / ˈrʌb ər /


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Indonesian villager Octavius wades through the forest in rubber boots and tattered joggers, ears pricked, eyes peeled, a telephoto lens on his phone primed to capture orangutans, monkeys or birds.

From Barron's Sep. 17, 2026

Examples of electrical wire covered with vulcanised Indian rubber cabling were found.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

In Indonesia, the Dutch moved to cripple industry ahead of the Japanese advance, targeting oil wells on Sumatra and Borneo, road and rail networks on Java, and infrastructure on rubber plantations.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

I was at home, gentlemen, playing a rubber of whist.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 7, 2026

Her dark hair stood up in two tufts circled haphazardly with ponytail rubber bands on opposite sides of her head.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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