tar
Example Sentences
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She initially thought she had a routine urinary infection, but within 36 hours she was in and out of consciousness and vomiting what she describes as "black tar".
From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026
Princo, as the endowment manager is known, still won’t invest in companies involved in thermal coal and tar sands, as directed by the university’s Board of Trustees.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
The half-submerged mammoth sculpture in the museum’s iconic outdoor Lake Pit gives the common but inaccurate impression that the tar worked like quicksand, sucking its victims fatally downward.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 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
The captain cleared us aside and used some tar to clog up the hole.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
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