tent

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One of the most widely used treatments for drywood termites is fumigation, in which a home is sealed under a tent and filled with gas to kill the insects.

From Science Daily • Apr. 20, 2026

At lunch, I spoke to Jillian Rooney of the Crop Disaster Recovery group, which had a tent set up in the parking lot.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

Or can Emma Roddick - who was on the opposite side of the SNP's broad tent to Ewing on a host of issues - make this one of the stranger "SNP hold" results on record?

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

He and his Sherpa emerged from their tent into 50-mile-an-hour winds, a blizzard so fierce that Whittaker couldn’t see his feet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

The monkey sniffs the air and climbs down the tent that he’s perched upon.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer