tape
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German carmakers have long complained of high costs and onerous red tape while critics contend the companies themselves need to restructure and improve how they are run.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
“There’s no bureaucracy. I see you. You need this. Can I do it or not? I can, let’s take care of it. All the red tape is gone.”
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026
Their path was being blocked by blue police tape and traffic officers from the Civil Guard.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
More recently, Schwartzman said, “I was at my mom’s house tying my shoe, and I see a cassette tape on the ground titled ‘Rushmore songs’.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
When his front paws were unstuck, the strange sticky tape trapped his back paws and tail.
From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary
Classical music CDs and cassette tapes that Monson de Kansky records for ballet class clutter her shelves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
Those tapes reveal the inner workings of a fraud.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
His dumb derring-do went viral on VHS tapes, earning him an MTV show and five feature films.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
I remember tipping the clerk at the local video store to “reserve” the tapes — they were always stolen or otherwise “lost” and never returned.
From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2026
Listen to the remainder of the tapes in the dark.
From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher
Instead, he found handwritten signs taped to the restaurant’s door: “Rebuild it. This is our home. Don’t change a thing,” recounts Katerina.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Inside the press box, Heinz logos on ketchup bottles have been taped over.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
She uses a shared toilet and shower, and has taped a foam board across the bottom of her doorway to keep out rats and cockroaches.
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
It was near the auditorium where Jackie Gleason taped his weekly variety show, and his June Taylor Dancers used to come in for lunch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
A flyer is taped to the side of the holders, advertising a Battle of the Bands coming up next weekend.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Photographs shared online show some of them taping up windows and draping windproof nets across their homes and shops.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Maniscalco pulls audiences in with contortionist levels of body language that he uses to demonstrate his observations of absurd human behavior, from splitting dinner tabs with Venmo to taping our mouths shut for sleep.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
The taping was evident again when she walked out on to Andy Murray Arena to face Vekic and it immediately looked like her mobility was hampered.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
Many breathed a sign of relief: Khan and TED “share so many values,” Anderson says at a mid-conference podcast taping.
From Slate ● May 8, 2026
Chase’s father walked Cindy through taping and boarding up windows, securing or removing anything that might get caught by the wind, moving valuables to the upper floors….
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
