tar
Example Sentences
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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 • Mar. 14, 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
“This is a global location. People around the world come to see the tar pits.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026
The roof’s edges, a little more than half a meter all the way around, were plastered with black tar.
From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
