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 had several commercial uses, including in transformers and capacitors, oil used in motors and hydraulic systems, cable insulation, oil-based paint, caulking and plastics.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2024

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

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2023

He goes, “I leave the rest to you,” and he and Mr. Woodwell sit on the dock and watch me fill the seams with tubes of caulking compound.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick