as in sailor
one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel
a book about the adventurous lives of tars, skippers, and pirates of the 18th century
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Recent Examples of tar
Tom Mullen, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
Several fungal diseases, including tar spot, leaf spot, and powdery mildew, can impact holly foliage.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2024
Nate Jones, Vulture, 22 Feb. 2025
For a half-century, Republicans have tarred them as soft on crime.
—Jonathan Zimmerman, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Glimmering bright aromas of red cherries, sage, clover, gorse, and tar in this wine with 14.5% alcohol.
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The final few months of the race saw multiple Best Picture hopefuls tarred by one online controversy or another, from The Brutalist’s use of AI to Anora star Mikey Madison forgoing an intimacy coordinator.
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Noun
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The next two were the dodo, whose extinction was facilitated by the arrival of Dutch sailors, who brought various invasive species on their ships, and the thylacine, a marsupial with the face of a fox and the stripes of a zebra.—
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The unique language got its start thanks to a melting pot of inhabitants— Native Americans, English sailors, and pirates from a variety of places—all living together in one isolated location.—
Verb
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Those violations included mop/wastewater dumped on the ground, larvae inside of a soda gun and a cutting board in front of a reach-in cooler soiled with food debris.—
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Maria Ressa, a journalist and co-founder of one of the Philippines’ top news outlets, came under constant attack for her work documenting the human rights abuses that soiled Mr. Duterte’s presidency.—
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It is highly recommended that mariners without the proper experience seek safe harbor prior to the onset of gale conditions.—
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For any shipping hub to flourish in the early days of Great Lakes maritime trade, lighthouses were needed to warn mariners of shoals, and welcome boats to critical harbors which still dot the lakes.—
Verb
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Grease dirtied the handles of the ovens, the microwave ovens and the coolers.—
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Instead of dirtying a larger pot for your supporting dishes, this quaint cooker will come in handy for quick (or slower simmering) concoctions while matching your kitchen atmosphere.—
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Whisk together vinegar, honey, Dijon, salt, and pepper in a small bowl.—
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Add the beans, red bell pepper and a pinch of salt.—
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By that point the sweatshirt was smeared with their many flavors on offer: chocolate, pistachio and Biscoff.—
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Assailants have stalked them in public and smeared them online.—
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These navigators link impoverished Floridians with the network of religious and community organizations that support them and teach them how to take of themselves, according to Hope Florida’s supporters.—
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The Herald/Times found that the Department of Juvenile Justice’s ombudsman was working as a hope navigator.—
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Her circles are irregularly shaped, the charcoal lines smudged.—
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Wrought from a bevy of synths and pedals manipulated live in her London studio and mastered by Telefon Tel Aviv, Whatever the Weather II presents a song cycle themed around different temperatures, smudging tactile and vaporous sounds into an alluring collage.—
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“Tar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tar. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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