grout
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There were places on the facade where a single tile needed to fit in the grout on the wall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2025
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
“They’re easier to install and remove, and tend to be much thicker, which conceals the imperfections of the wall or grout lines between existing tiles,” he adds.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 9, 2023
The man Sotheby’s considers the owner of the van Gogh lives in a Shanghai apartment complex where gray tiles and grimy grout frame a weather-beaten door.
From New York Times ● May 29, 2023
Small dark hairs flecked the sink basin, and dust was gathering in the grout lines between the tiles.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
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Both sanded and unsanded grouts are cement-based or latex-modified products.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 5, 2021
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
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 Hewlett, Maurice Henry
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
Once a toilet is bolted correctly to the flange, the gap between the base of the toilet and the floor should be grouted with regular tile grout.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 2021
When the whole surface is grouted, wipe down everything again with a clean, damp sponge.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 5, 2021
More than 240 miles of drains have been cleared of debris and 1,500 leaks grouted.
From New York Times ● Jul. 23, 2018
The space within the walls should be grouted thoroughly with cement and broken stone and finished with rich concrete for a floor.
From House Rats and Mice Farmers' Bulletin 896 by Lantz, David E.
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
Hone your beginner skills by tiling and grouting this scrap piece of drywall.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 29, 2022
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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