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tarp

[tahrp] / tɑrp /


NOUN
drop cloth
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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

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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