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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

Above them huge cranes move with precision to build rooftops, while men balance on ladders to plaster brickwork.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Jacobs’ residence is constructed from stone and plaster, with a slate roof and copper trim.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

Our critic noted “This is the largest presentation of Giacometti’s plaster sculptures in the U.S.—and for those who know only his bronzes, a few of which are included in the show, it is revelatory.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

I remember Rabia’s comment about forgiveness and plaster a polite smile on my face.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

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

"Teachers have been putting sticking plasters on education for too long," she said.

From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2025

He plasters them across the city in hopes of bringing ‘little expressions of joy’ to Angelenos.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2024

In fleeting clear spells of lucidity, when Amaranta would bring him his meals he would tell her what bothered him most and would accept her sucking glasses and mustard plasters in a docile way.

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

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

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 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

In Nanjie, countless murals of the former Chinese leader are plastered around the village.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 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

When she turned over, she saw that her mother’s nightgown was plastered to her thighs, dark with blood.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez

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

In 2018, after trying a variety of less manual roles, such as plastering and carpet fitting, he realised he could no longer hold down a job.

From BBC ● May 14, 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

They are anything but a phlegmatic people, yet they are obdurate, they are pertinacious, they finish plastering joints.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin