tarpaulin
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A spare bedroom acts as a medical supply cupboard, outside is a bed under a red stretched tarpaulin.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Technicians from the charity set up a mobile camp under a tarpaulin, offering shade from the blazing sun, while providing eye examinations, vision tests, and the selection and fitting of glasses.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
A tarpaulin covered the court to make sure people couldn’t observe his lengthy matches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
I have a waterproof outfit, a tarpaulin over the bench, decorated with union jacks.
From BBC ● May 10, 2026
A great delegation had arrived in Trokorpe, with a truck carrying a huge thing covered with a tarpaulin.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
On Tuesday, under clear skies, roofs ripped apart by the storm had already been covered with blue and green plastic tarpaulins, an AFP journalist saw.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
Hick said Syston residents could also do their bit by cleaning their gullies and drains now and again in autumn when leaves begin to drop and consider flood barriers, sandbags and tarpaulins for their properties.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 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
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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