tar
Example Sentences
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He also sells Shilajit, which almost looks like tar.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026
Pike perch tartare from Lake Oulujärvi rests on malt bread with capers and dill oil and a whisper of pine tar.
From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026
Although researchers cannot determine exactly who left it, they believe it may have been pressed into the tar during a repair by a crew member.
From Science Daily • Feb. 16, 2026
Zed stands out in part because he didn’t get stuck in this tar like most of the dire wolves, sabertooth cats and 3,000-pound sloths embedded in the main pits.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
Just ask a long-grieving widow whose husband drowned in a medicinal tar pit, or a plucky young governess who spent more than half her life wondering whether she might someday see her parents again.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
