tar
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It also included writings and a large painting of a forest made with tar, oil and feathers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
“We’re buying tar from Venezuela, and we’re refining it in Houston,” he complained.
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2026
Molecular fingerprinting revealed compounds associated with pine trees, showing that every sample was dominated by heated coniferous resin or coniferous tar, also called pitch.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
"What we're seeing is ambient road temperatures at the height of the heat up in the 40s, and that causes the tar on the roads to melt."
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
Soon they’d take the catchers and jars up to the roof and lay them out on tar paper to soak up the sunlight.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
It tars everyone with the same brush, regardless of the facts.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
One wonders what those early salt- and sun-battered tars would have thought of the drink’s most recent incarnation, the milkshake IPA.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2023
In a 2,600-year-old embalming workshop, scientists have discovered the ingredients for making a mummy: the tars, fats, tree resins and oils ancient Egyptians used to preserve bodies and prepare them for the afterlife.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2023
The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938 included new regulations around color, specifically those derived from coal tars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2018
"Pull, gents! Be good lads! It's me own fault, not leadin' you around this bog. Me eyesight ain't what it was, is it, old tars?"
From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman
Although they premiered more than 20 years apart, the television shows “Bluey” and “South Park” have been tarred with the “millennial” brush.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
Some controlled by James Dolan, including AMC Networks, have long been tarred with a “Dolan discount” for that reason.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026
Mr Tan said some temples avoid interacting too much with China, but are now worried about being tarred by the same brush.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2023
The country has few tarred roads across its vast, forested territory, and river travel is common.
From Reuters ● Oct. 16, 2023
Everything went red for a moment and I leaned against the rough, tarred wood of the pennant pole.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
It attempted to justify his deportation by tarring him as a gang member, an accusation that was based on comically flimsy evidence and which the government never tried to escalate to proving in court.
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2025
So what, then, does he say to criticism that he's tarring people with the same brush, or encouraging vitriol?
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2024
American law enforcement was more interested in tarring King with whatever they could dig up than in protecting him.
From New York Times ● May 8, 2023
Not only for tarring the reputation of a beloved public figure but for breaking ranks with a tightknit community: Playboy itself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2022
He has a summer job, with the Works Department, filling in potholes in the roads, tarring over the cracks made by frost heave; he does have a faint tarry smell about him.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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