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tarp

[tahrp] / tɑrp /


NOUN
drop cloth
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With break-in season officially over, the ranger station at Mineral King posted a sign advising visitors they no longer needed to tarp and asking them not to borrow any more from their stash.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

The administration complied but placed a tarp over the sign, which has remained ever since.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

But a tarp has remained over the facade since that time, sparking questions about the actual changes.

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

So he folds up the tarp, throws it away and goes back to the hospital.

From Salon Jun. 30, 2026

She had made a nest of her blankets in the middle on top of her blue ground tarp, away from the walls that could hold condensation and spread dampness in a good enough downpour.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline

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

Her detailed, beautifully lighted paintings, of humble industrial scenes of corrugated ductwork, draped construction tarps and snaking wires, elevate these humble, utilitarian objects into tactile formal experiments.

From The Wall Street Journal May 14, 2026

In the foreground of the painting was a car encampment with a tattered floral sheet woven through the windows, cloth tarps and couch cushions creating a shield against the elements.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 17, 2026

When he finally got the last box inside, he caulked all the seams, threw the tarps over the top, and began securing them with bungee cords.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith




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