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One sample, however, contained a different formulation made from beeswax and tar.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026

Environmental regulator Natural Resources Wales tested Llwyneinion acid tar lagoon close to Ruabon.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 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 half-submerged mammoth sculpture in the museum’s iconic outdoor Lake Pit gives the common but inaccurate impression that the tar worked like quicksand, sucking its victims fatally downward.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026

“All right, but stay away from tar pits— that’s my advice,” Lord Fredrick had said in reply.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

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

Some controlled by James Dolan, including AMC Networks, have long been tarred with a “Dolan discount” for that reason.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026

Mr Tan said some temples avoid interacting too much with China, but are now worried about being tarred by the same brush.

From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2023

“Those two should be held accountable, but the rest of the peaceful protestors shouldn’t be tarred by the behavior of two bad actors.”

From Washington Times ● Oct. 5, 2023

In suing Carroll, Trump said she tarred his reputation by maintaining in comments on CNN following the jury verdict that he had raped her.

From Reuters ● Aug. 10, 2023

While she was showing me her different makeup applicators, the woman, who had stiff platinum hair and eyelashes tarred in mascara, told me I must be earning a truckload in commissions.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

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

So what, then, does he say to criticism that he's tarring people with the same brush, or encouraging vitriol?

From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2024

American law enforcement was more interested in tarring King with whatever they could dig up than in protecting him.

From New York Times ● May 8, 2023

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 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