plaster
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Jacobs’ residence is constructed from stone and plaster, with a slate roof and copper trim.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
She suggests looking for affordable vintage oil paintings, exhibition posters or framed sketches at antique markets, then securing them with command strips so they can be removed without leaving holes in the plaster.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
“No trespassing” signs plaster trees on the perimeter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
While there is hope that Rutte's tactics will pay off again in Ankara -- among some there is a sense that it's just a sticking plaster solution.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
The lines Masaccio drew to plot out the composition on geometrical principles are still visible in the plaster.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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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
He plasters them across the city in hopes of bringing ‘little expressions of joy’ to Angelenos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2024
All of the commonly used sanitary equipment such as paper, cotton, surgical masks, and commercial plasters exhibited intrinsic multi-pathway antibacterial activity with rapid responses against a broad spectrum of microbial species.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 1, 2024
He said the industry needed a "long-term strategy" and "not just sticking plasters" from the government.
From BBC ● May 15, 2023
She fixed plasters for the child’s chest, trying to turn it into a game, desperate to hide her own terror.
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
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The pictures plastered outside the truck made Montgomery feel like she was in an episode of “The Twilight Zone.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 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
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
Busakorn also noted that the stage was decorated using highly flammable materials such as plastic flowers, while the ceiling was plastered with combustible foam.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Beloved gave the world a long-suffering look, and Jam leaned against a cabinet with a grin plastered on her face, watching them banter.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
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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
Clinging to the chassis of an airplane with the wind plastering his hair to his forehead and oscillating his gums like bulldog in a convertible, he is, in fact, exceedingly flapped.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 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
Wider projects involving stonemasonry and plastering on historical buildings in and around Eyemouth are planned on the back of the success of restoring Bee.
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2025
“Since when is plastering a bumper sticker on something that serious of a crime?”
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
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