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plaster

[plas-ter, plah-ster] / ˈplæs tər, ˈplɑ stər /




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Nikos Mavroudis, a 17-year-old high school student in Athens' Exarchia neighbourhood, said the money could be better spent on his school, where chunks of plaster are falling.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Using about $500 of his savings, he paid two guys to plaster the city with more than 300 fliers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Officially, it’s closed because a section of the Grand Foyer ceiling gave way in a storm, plaster crashing to the floor, and the building needed to be shut down for safety.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

"But someone has to go through the pain barrier and rip the plaster off."

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

When he awoke he was relieved to see his leg still attached, covered in plaster from hip to foot.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

And compared with the bronzes, the plasters are especially sensitive, fragile—you’re drawn to protect them, but any touch seems like it would be too much for these waifish bodies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

Even North Korea, which plasters pictures of leader Kim Jong Un across the country and demands reverence, does not feature him in the passport, which instead depicts sacred Mount Paektu.

From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026

The products included everything from pet food, Band-Aid plasters and mouthwash, to Australian favourites like Arnott's Tim Tam biscuits, Bega Cheese and Kellogg's cereal.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2024

He plasters them across the city in hopes of bringing ‘little expressions of joy’ to Angelenos.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2024

Each time this happens, even now, the nuns beam and kiss my cheek and shake my hand and give me fancy certificates that Maman plasters on the cardboard wall at home.

From "Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti" by Frances Temple

About the theory that she would only be engaging with these people if she were plastered?

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

However, according to local authorities, Zheng'an as a whole manufactures 2.5 million a year, living up to the name plastered on banners across town: "Capital of Guitars, City of Music".

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

In Manila, her face is plastered across a billboard on Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, the city’s longest stretch of highway.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

Even if you keep up with television, movies and music, it seems to be a lot more word of mouth than historically where things are plastered everywhere.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

I guess he’s afraid of seeing Mom’s face plastered across the news again.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

Since early Thursday, BNP backers started gathering in the capital, plastering the streets with banners and festoons bearing images of Rahman.

From Barron's ● Dec. 25, 2025

At home in this milieu, Parker mastered the art of grassroots promotion, of pulling in large crowds by plastering the town with loud, hyperbolic placards.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2025

In 2018, after trying a variety of less manual roles, such as plastering and carpet fitting, he realised he could no longer hold down a job.

From BBC ● May 14, 2025

To say an animal is experiencing a certain feeling is not plastering a human emotion on an inhuman thing.

From Salon ● Feb. 18, 2025

Sweat was rolling down our backs, plastering our blouses to our skin when we finally reached the temple.

From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman


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