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Evidence from traditional societies around the world shows that birch tar has been used for medicinal purposes as well as other applications.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

"Alongside these findings, there is also growing evidence of medicinal practices and the use of plants among Neanderthals, which is why we were interested in the use of birch tar in this context," says Siemssen.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

However, scientists are increasingly exploring whether birch tar played a broader role in prehistoric life.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

However, the ability to inhibit bacteria in laboratory experiments does not necessarily mean that birch tar would be safe or effective as a treatment for human wounds.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

They’d built a fire there and charred billets of wood lay stuck in the melted tar together with ash and bones.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

One wonders what those early salt- and sun-battered tars would have thought of the drink’s most recent incarnation, the milkshake IPA.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2023

In a 2,600-year-old embalming workshop, scientists have discovered the ingredients for making a mummy: the tars, fats, tree resins and oils ancient Egyptians used to preserve bodies and prepare them for the afterlife.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2023

The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938 included new regulations around color, specifically those derived from coal tars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2018

"If they are going to certify destruction, even just one company alone, it tars every producer with the same brush."

From Reuters ● Nov. 7, 2016

"Pull, gents! Be good lads! It's me own fault, not leadin' you around this bog. Me eyesight ain't what it was, is it, old tars?"

From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman

Although they premiered more than 20 years apart, the television shows “Bluey” and “South Park” have been tarred with the “millennial” brush.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

She feels that responsible carriers often get "tarred with the same brush" as unauthorised companies, even though she is paying out for licences, insurances and tip fees.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

He had been born into the lowest rung of minor aristocracy—his uncle was a baronet—and his family wealth came from Australia: two things that tarred him with outsider status among the class-conscious British elite.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025

The country has few tarred roads across its vast, forested territory, and river travel is common.

From Reuters ● Oct. 16, 2023

The line was so long that it wound all around the big, grassy courtyard, all around the tall barbed-wire fence and snaked all the way down the wide, tarred road.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

It attempted to justify his deportation by tarring him as a gang member, an accusation that was based on comically flimsy evidence and which the government never tried to escalate to proving in court.

From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2025

A producer of the 2014 TV show Benefits Street has said he regrets tarring the reputation of the road it focussed on.

From BBC ● Feb. 29, 2024

His opponents tried to slow him down by tarring him as an out-of-touch tycoon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2022

The sub-branding keeps those irksome traits from tarring the image of the day-to-day vehicles.

From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2022

Closer to home I would notice the shirdess construction workers, the roofers, the sweating men tarring the street in front of the house.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez