tar
Example Sentences
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She initially thought she had a routine urinary infection, but within 36 hours she was in and out of consciousness and vomiting what she describes as "black tar".
From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026
Princo, as the endowment manager is known, still won’t invest in companies involved in thermal coal and tar sands, as directed by the university’s Board of Trustees.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
The track surface of crushed rock and tar was so damaging to tires that later that year workers laid some 3.2 million bricks over the 2.5-mile oval—thus its enduring nickname, “The Brickyard.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
So I started to react in a more organic way, inspired by the tar pits.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
It’s tar and cigarette butts and bird crap and not much else, but someone’s laid down some rugs.
From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon
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Black and Gray
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