tarpaulin
Example Sentences
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Instead, men gather for evening prayers in a temporary structure covered in green tarpaulins and with palm leaves for a roof.
From Barron's
Gone is the tarpaulin roof: The Bird Cage is now a fully enclosed, soundstage-like structure.
From Los Angeles Times
There is no running water or electricity and they sleep in makeshift tents made of branches, orange tarpaulins and rocks.
From BBC
The burnt-out shell of the bus was screened off behind white tarpaulins set up across the road, an AFP journalist saw.
From Barron's
The burnt-out shell of the bus was screened off behind white tarpaulins set up across the road, an AFP journalist saw.
From Barron's
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