tarp
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A blue tarp covered a makeshift home next to the sandbox.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
As a blue tarp was pulled off it, audience members could hear a snapping noise as the bronze figure it was shrouding suddenly appeared to drop in height.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
A memorial that has sprung up in front of the bar, loaded with flowers, candles and messages of grief and support, was covered in an igloo-like tarp Thursday to protect it from the heavy snowfall.
From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026
Uphill from the swollen Wenatchee River, 62-year-old Lisa Hart sat in her recently deceased parents’ kitchen, watching friends drape a tarp over the roof.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025
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
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