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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

Perkins described the process, which is licensed by Natural England, as "a sort of sticking plaster" that will work "until we can get better natural nesting in place".

From BBC Jul. 17, 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

Inspired by her family’s produce, she cast real corn, strawberries and cherries in plaster, then made a silicone mold to create copies.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

Her arms and face were plaster made to resemble marble, her gown gilded in gold leaf that, upon catching the burnished sun, transformed her garment into a mantle of fire.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

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

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 grabbed for the nearest piece of cloth to shoo them away and her heart froze with terror as she connected her daughter's evening baths with the mustard plasters that rolled onto the floor.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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

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

They stood near the common room, wide smiles plastered on their faces as they watched him collect his belongings, he recalled.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

Moss cast a glance upward, and it was like the first time he had noticed the same cracks and plastered holes in the skylights.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

Both sides had poured tens of millions into the campaigns, plastering billboards across Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2026

Branding was a big part of the event, with Pakistan dubbing the process the "Islamabad Talks", and plastering a logo combining the Pakistani, US and Iranian flags all over the city.

From Barron's Apr. 11, 2026

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

“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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