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plaster

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




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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

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

We shuffled up the stairs, kicking balls of dust and busted plaster as we went.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline

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

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

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

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

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

Antonella Nistorescu displayed horrific video images of the crash with the word “preventable” plastered across the screen in red letters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Had they been plastered, clad in ceramic, or built in raw concrete, they would have lent tangible weight and heft to the vaults.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 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

Esperanza trailed behind him at first, but she caught up quickly, a sloppy grin plastered on her face.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

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

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

For Sienna, it was a "lucky" experience to tackle bricklaying, joinery, plastering and now plumbing.

From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2025

I would have doubled over in pain, except that his weight was plastering me against my seat.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall


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