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glue

[gloo] / glu /


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What archaeologists once regarded primarily as prehistoric glue may also have been a useful substance for protecting wounds, offering another intriguing possibility about the origins of human medical knowledge.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

Doncic and returning guard Austin Reaves are the glue that holds the puzzle together.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

He believes the direct Trump-Xi bond is the glue that is holding together "the most complex and the most consequential relationship in the world".

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Much of my life is dedicated to preaching that art, and practicing reverence for it can be the glue that keeps us together when the world wants us torn apart.

From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2026

Last year, I mixed green paint into Elmer’s glue and coated my whole body with it.

From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle

Nvidia glues everything together with software called CUDA, short for “compute unified device architecture.”

From Barron's ● May 29, 2026

When counterfeiters make fake versions—phony name-brand sneakers, for instance—they don’t use the same materials, glues, dyes and paints that the legitimate manufacturer does.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026

"These often have added chemicals, flavourings, stabilisers and glues, are often lacking many real nutrients and could have a detrimental effect on someone's health," she said.

From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2026

But despite its water-sensitive glues and exposed hydraulics, the seahorse completed its route intact.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2026

If you sit on them too long in the summer while wearing shorts, the plastic nearly glues to your legs.

From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas

The four metre by seven metre artwork was sewn and glued by a small team led by the artist, who usually works with vintage fabrics.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

And Taylor Farms would certainly top the list for anyone glued to a toilet bowl lately, thanks to the company’s alleged indiscretion handling lettuce laced with the “explosive diarrhea” parasite.

From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026

Dogs snored next to their owners, who were glued to their phones, screens lighting up weary faces.

From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026

When she recovered her porcelain figures from her Altadena home, with bits of her studio forever glued to their surface, she wondered what would happen if she refired them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

As she glued small puffs of rolled-up tissue paper onto a cardboard circle, a thought came to her.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser

New offences were created including interfering with national infrastructure, "locking on" – chaining or gluing yourself to something – and tunnelling underground.

From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2025

Other recent protests have involved activists blocking highway traffic in various parts of Italy, and gluing hands of activists to the protective glass of a Botticelli painting in the Uffizi Gallery.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 7, 2023

They and colleagues also measured birds’ appetites by gluing clay models of caterpillars onto branches.

From Science Magazine ● Oct. 19, 2023

Sam Reece’s book that pairs craft projects with personal essays about what the act of gluing beads to trash has taught her about herself.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2023

In order to help me do this, he makes a Mobius strip for me by cutting out a long slip of paper, twisting it once and gluing the ends together.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood


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