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tarry

[tar-ee] / ˈtær i /


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Brands never lets his subject tarry long enough to freeze into marmoreal stillness.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

In the western province of Alberta, where many ferocious wildfires burned, huge deposits of thick crude oil, mixed with tarry sand, sit beneath the forest and near the snaking Athabasca River.

From Washington Times • Nov. 9, 2023

Thick mats of tarry petroleum asphalt cover portions of sandbars.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 23, 2023

Federal Reserve to tame inflation are driving down U.S. economic activity while China continues to tarry in returning to pre-pandemic levels, said John Kilduff, partner at Again Capital LLC.

From Reuters • Aug. 21, 2023

“Pick him up and tarry him to the tavern,” Mr. Read said.

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier




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