tar

Example Sentences

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Hancock Park Elementary Principal Ashley Parker, for instance, holds a shovel dripping with tar from the La Brea Tar Pits.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 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

And finally, Lord Fredrick’s father, Edward Ashton, said to have drowned in a tar pit but whose body had never been found.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood