tape
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Streets were blocked off with yellow police line tape that read “do not cross.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
This next example would be good for every 25-year-old to tape to his or her fridge so it’s not forgotten.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
I listened to that thing over and over again, until I spilled a bottle of soap in my tape deck and ruined it.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
That sold for £2,400 and an early Oasis demo tape sold for £3,600.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
And I peeled the tape off the tops of the little plastic bags.
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
It was made by a company called Kidselebration that in 1986 made “personalized” cassette tapes like these for a whole boatload of names.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
We recently recovered the air checks from that day, the actual tapes of the broadcast.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
As part of his prep work, Hunnam tried to obtain the tapes from an interview conducted with Gein soon after his arrest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
At one point in the more than two hours of tapes released on Monday, Biden tells the ghostwriter: "The next thing I have here is, um, this is classified."
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Abby tapes on my bow tie and pokes my cheeks, which is something she does weirdly often because apparently my cheeks are adorable.
From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli
The new ones are 1½ inches shorter and need to be taped closed, an added step that will cost money.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
There was a small kitchen, with a sign taped to the fridge: “Please clean up after yourself no maid service here!!!”
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026
Across the French capital, where few homes have air conditioning, desperate locals had taped foil survival blankets over their windows, hoping to keep out the fierce sun.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
An unusual police presence has been reported at some courts, which have been taped off to prevent access.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
The first morning over the radio came instructions that ground-floor windows must be taped.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
It is planning a party in the Meatpacking District, and will partner with the “Adults” actor Owen Thiele to host a branded live taping of a podcast episode.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Others took a more simple do-it-yourself approach, taping their cards between two star-shaped pieces of paper.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026
Before the taping, “The Terminal Crew of Dudes” performed the show together twice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Photographs shared online show some of them taping up windows and draping windproof nets across their homes and shops.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
He lets the others fall to the ground and then starts taping, ripping off the masking tape with his teeth.
From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan
