tarpaulin
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Three rooms were crammed with plants growing behind tarpaulin screens under bright lights.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Many face poor living conditions in Bangladesh, living in makeshift homes of tarpaulin and bamboo on steep hillsides.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
A tarpaulin covered the court to make sure people couldn’t observe his lengthy matches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
Gone is the tarpaulin roof: The Bird Cage is now a fully enclosed, soundstage-like structure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026
I was pinned by weakness to the tarpaulin.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
AFP saw several residents of the small town of Mbay, in Nagekeo regency nearest the epicentre, camped out in makeshift tents they had erected using tarpaulins and poles.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
The burnt-out shell of the bus was screened off behind white tarpaulins set up across the road, an AFP journalist saw.
From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026
The UN says a total of 67,800 tents, 372,500 tarpaulins and 318,100 bedding items have been collected from crossings over the same period.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2025
At another settlement, the U.N. refugee agency has run out of blankets, tarpaulins and sleeping mats, forcing refugees to sleep in the open.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025
It was harmattan, but because they feared the thunderstorms, they covered the ditches with tarpaulins spread across bamboo sticks.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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