tar
Example Sentences
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He also sells Shilajit, which almost looks like tar.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026
"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
It would be there, with the tar on the canvas drying and cracking, until great holes appeared and the currach wasted away.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
Vocabulary lists containing tar
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