tar
Example Sentences
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Early in the morning though it was, the tar beneath the shingled roof was beginning to bubble in the hot July sun.
From Literature
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"I don't want to tar every business with the same brush by any means, but there is some profiteering."
From BBC
Pike perch tartare from Lake Oulujärvi rests on malt bread with capers and dill oil and a whisper of pine tar.
From Salon
It simply won’t do to keep saying we have enough muscle for each new crisis, and to tar those who buck establishment wisdom with tired labels.
It would be there, with the tar on the canvas drying and cracking, until great holes appeared and the currach wasted away.
From Literature
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