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plaster

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




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Telltale signs of water damage include discolored wall panels, black mold, cracking plaster or peeling paint, just to name a few.

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 2026

The Maryville coach chose “spoofhounds” after the ugly, plaster of Paris dog from a recent carnival.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 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

When Saint-Gaudens showed a plaster cast of it at the 1900 Paris Exposition, Auguste Rodin, then the most famous sculptor in Europe, stopped before it, removed his hat and stood in silent tribute.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

A 7 is 100 times more powerful than a 5, toppling furniture and shaking loose plaster and bricks in older buildings.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

In the plasters, his details are sharper, his jagged surfaces dangerous, his faces more emotive.

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

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

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

Posters advertising performers with their mother's surname, such as Waithaka wa Jane and 90K Ka Msoh, are often plastered to hoardings in the capital, Nairobi.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

Known, an AI-driven dating app, has their branding plastered on a store front in the Marina District in San Francisco.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 28, 2026

Sifting through the evidence, jurors put together a timeline on a whiteboard and plastered the walls with sheets of paper covered in notes.

From The Wall Street Journal May 20, 2026

During the hottest hours, many retreat to makeshift huts -- frames of sticks draped with coarse homespun cloth, plastered with wild donkey dung.

From Barron's May 10, 2026

One ear was folded back and plastered to a sticky corner of the bandage on his head.

From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers

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

The British Dental Association Cymru acknowledged "some important wins" but said "plastering over a few of the biggest cracks is just superficial repairs" and the true cost of care was not reflected.

From BBC Sep. 22, 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

And it was allowed to fundraise using the Fire Department’s logo, plastering it on products in its online store.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 25, 2024

That day he could smell the pale, almost blue clay the old women used for plastering the walls.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko




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