tarpaulin
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Many face poor living conditions in Bangladesh, living in makeshift homes of tarpaulin and bamboo on steep hillsides.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
A tarpaulin covered the court to make sure people couldn’t observe his lengthy matches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
He recounted how once they boarded the pirogue, he and the other passengers were covered with a tarpaulin: "I closed my eyes and thought of my mother," he said.
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
Laurent Kone's wattle-and-daub house, with its tarpaulin roof and no electricity, lies down a bumpy red-earth track in western Ivory Coast.
From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026
As well as tents, there are metal shipping containers and makeshift lean-tos, caravans, tarpaulin shelters.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
Doctors and forensic experts in the port examined bodies under tarpaulins held up by four poles before issuing death certificates and cremation authorizations.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
Instead, men gather for evening prayers in a temporary structure covered in green tarpaulins and with palm leaves for a roof.
From Barron's ● Mar. 26, 2026
At another settlement, the U.N. refugee agency has run out of blankets, tarpaulins and sleeping mats, forcing refugees to sleep in the open.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025
The image shows the warship lying on its side, covered by large blue tarpaulins.
From BBC ● May 23, 2025
When they got to the valley that leads to the cave, they cleared away some underbrush and put up blue tarpaulins.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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