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tarp

[tahrp] / tɑrp /


NOUN
drop cloth
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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

A statue of Chavez erected on the Fresno State University campus was covered Wednesday by a black tarp and plastic, Bakersfield Now reported.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 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

Mr. Wink conjures a land of “trees like skyscrapers, like celestial tent pegs pounded into the earth to hold the black tarp of the sky in place.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

Rafik leaned backward on the tarp, as far from the cheese as he could.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye




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