cardboard

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Then they added cardboard and a thick layer of mulch, using a no-dig gardening method called sheet mulching.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Photos of the event show a grey convention centre space with pink cardboard cut-out Barbie signs.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

In reality, my dad’s will was in a cardboard box next to the Christmas decorations.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

They’re not cardboard cutouts, exactly, but they’re blank enough slates for us to project onto.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026

Because there was no mayo, I ate my sandwich dry as cardboard as I stood over the kitchen sink and looked out the window at the darkening sky.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall