grout
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But you don’t have to compute the coefficient to know that matte tiles are better than shiny ones, and small tiles are better than the big ones because the grout lines provide friction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
From the acidic brine of pickle juice to the grout between your bathroom tiles, mold can thrive in even the most inhospitable environments.
From National Geographic ● Nov. 10, 2023
Founded in 1951 for those who grout tile and hang cabinets, the periodical was no match for Prince Harry’s memoir or a Stephen King novel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2023
I blend one part very fine sand to one part Portland cement to make my grout.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 31, 2023
I could not deny it; and yet endeavored to, when she demanded, “And the fine Dr. Trefusis don’t have a grout to his name, does he?”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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For cement-based or latex-modified grouts, it’s safest to work on only about three square feet at a time.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 5, 2021
Both sanded and unsanded grouts are cement-based or latex-modified products.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 5, 2021
Sanded and unsanded grouts are mixed with water and installation and cleanup are simple.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2021
The size of Longo's voyeuristic images reflects the scale of his essential subject: the American consciousness industry, and the way it grouts every cranny in public life.
From Time Magazine Archive
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As a partridge grouts with her wings in a dusty furrow, so he worked in the powdered snow to make her a nest.
From Lore of Proserpine by Maurice Henry Hewlett
The reality, he said, is that the 54 million gallons of sludge will most likely never be removed; he believes it will be grouted and left in place for future generations to deal with.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2023
When the whole surface is grouted, wipe down everything again with a clean, damp sponge.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 5, 2021
Some products can even be glued down and grouted to mimic traditional tile.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2020
Each monolith needed a recess where the stone would later be grouted in place, so Boland laid each one on a piece of rigid foam insulation and traced its shape.
From Washington Times ● May 7, 2018
In some cases cylinders of brickwork are built, and the centres are filled with blocks of concrete and grouted Concrete piles. in.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various
Originally envisioned as a means to an end, the express trains, steam trains and mail trains quickly became the focus of my journey, the cities and towns like grouting smoothed around the tracks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 29, 2025
Crews need to test the road’s base, which includes drilling and grouting of smaller holes and voids in the surrounding area.
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2025
Once he was inside, Chris noticed problems: "I have a photo where there were actual mushrooms growing out of the grouting in the bathroom," he says.
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2023
Just a few blocks from the newer memorials, cracks are appearing in the grouting of a 1995 art installation by the sculptor Martin Puryear.
From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2021
I listen, as I watch the king grouting away, but understand nothing except the animosity between Tibe and Estraven.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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