tarp
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But South Korea's heatwave has made it uninhabitable, forcing him to seek refuge under a makeshift tarp just a stone’s throw from Gangnam’s gleaming skyscrapers, where the wealthy remain cool in their aloof abodes.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
Chip has spread the blue tarp across a narrow hellstrip beside four lanes of traffic.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026
Video and images broadcast on state television showed Silva standing under a makeshift tarp and guarded by Venezuelan soldiers as he addressed a group of miners on new mining policies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Photographs of the scene show cordons in place, with emergency workers hanging sheets of tarp around part of the mall.
From BBC ● May 25, 2026
We’d had to switch to a wheelbarrow, covered with a tarp, because she was too heavy to carry in the basket.
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
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An equipment box labeled “Garden Party”! Mysterious shapes covered in black-plastic tarps!
From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2026
To create a movement, though, Pratt does not need to know what causes seas of tarps and tents.
From Slate ● Jun. 3, 2026
Millions of people have fled the fighting and are living cheek-by-jowl in displacement camps, under tarps and tents and with poor hygiene conditions.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
But more tents and tarps soon pop up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
Using tarps to make tents and extra shade, we set up a sturdier camp beside the wagon.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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