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2. Friction tape - Wikipedia

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   Friction tape is commonly used to improve the grip on various sporting implements, including tennis racquets, baseball bats, and hockey sticks. It is also used similarly on the handlebars of bicycles, dirt bikes, lawnmowers, and other small machines that require gripping or steering.

3. Synthetic setae - Wikipedia

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   The result of this "gecko tape" was tested by attaching a sample to the hand of a 15 cm high plastic Spider-Man figure weighing 40 g, which enabled it to stick to a glass ceiling, as is shown in the figure. The tape, which had a contact area of around 0.5 cm 2 with the glass, was able to carry a load of more than 100 g. However, the adhesion ...

4. Overgrip - Wikipedia

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   An overgrip (also known as an overwrap) is a soft, padded, clothlike tape wrapped around the grip of a racquet, and are commonly used in the sport of tennis, badminton, squash, and pickleball. The purposes of an overgrip include (but are not limited to) increasing the racquet handle's circumference, customizing the texture and feel of the ...

5. After Vatican visit, Blinken praises Pope Francis's work on ...

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   U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday praised Pope Francis for his work on LGBTQI issues after meeting the leader of the 1.4-billion-member Roman Catholic Church and other senior ...

6. Weather to keep planes carrying protest banners away from ...

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   The New Jersey Devils and New York Rangers have won games at MetLife Stadium more recently than the Giants, with the local hockey teams winning games on Feb. 17 and Feb. 18 during the NHL Stadium ...

7. Monitor lizard - Wikipedia

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   In Papua New Guinea, monitor lizard leather is used for membranes in traditional drums (called kundu), and these lizards are referred to as kundu palai or "drum lizard" in Tok Pisin, the main Papuan trade language. Monitor lizard skins are prized in making the resonant part of serjas (Bodo folk sarangis) and dotaras (native strummed string ...