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sticky tape

NOUN
Scotch™ tape
Synonyms
WEAK


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Many have set up traps outside their homes, hanging sticky tape from trees and fences to trap the flies and reduce the size of the swarms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

The club has weighed using sticky tape to catch the lanternflies, but that risks ensnaring helpful insects, like pollinators, and even small birds.

From New York Times ● Jun. 14, 2023

He bought the propeller and remote control in a shop, but constructed the body, wings, tail and fin from pieces of recycled styrofoam gathered in dump sites and held together with sticky tape.

From Reuters ● Apr. 20, 2023

Bookbinder Chris Shaw, on the Repair Shop, put them into a bound book and removed marks including ones left by sticky tape.

From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2023

The sticky tape kept wrapping itself around his thumbnail and Victor was cursing quietly to himself, when suddenly a tall figure approached him.

From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke


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