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plaster

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




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Using about $500 of his savings, he paid two guys to plaster the city with more than 300 fliers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

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

"But someone has to go through the pain barrier and rip the plaster off."

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

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

Then the plaster is lifted off to make a mold.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

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

Each time this happens, even now, the nuns beam and kiss my cheek and shake my hand and give me fancy certificates that Maman plasters on the cardboard wall at home.

From "Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti" by Frances Temple

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

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

The sides of the shuttle buses ferrying Open fans to Royal Birkdale are plastered with a picture of Tommy Fleetwood holding the Claret Jug.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

Just like chick feathers, her baby hairs are plastered to her forehead from Sagan’s humidity.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

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

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

“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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