caulking

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One of the most striking discoveries was a partial human fingerprint preserved in the caulking.

From Science Daily • Feb. 16, 2026

Fill the body with a firm, buttery dough—like the decadent chocolate one in our recipe below—and pump the handle like a caulking gun until your baking sheets are festooned with festive flowers, stars and more.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

They could be found in other common products including carbon copy paper, caulking and paint.

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2023

To help prevent this, look into weatherizing your home by caulking and sealing your windows and installing insulation in your walls.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 2023

Another errand took him to Ruck’s Creek, called “Knocker’s Hole,” because all day you could hear the thump, thump, thump of the caulker’s mallets, caulking the seams of ships.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham