plaster

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An army of people would spend a week or two searching for tiger tracks and making tracings or plaster casts of the left hind foot.

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026

Much of the sector "needs not just a sticking plaster but urgent corrective action", the report said.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Archaeologists uncovered more than 5,000 fragments of painted wall plaster, along with bronze fittings from doors and windows, pointing to richly decorated structures.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

This means they can use logos to describe the products they are selling, but can’t plaster them all over their advertising campaigns or social-media content.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

They are actual human skulls whose faces have been “reconstituted” in tinted plaster, with pieces of seashell for the eyes.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson