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tarp

[tahrp] / tɑrp /


NOUN
drop cloth
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“There must have been a hole somewhere,” reckoned Joe McManus, the tow operator, of the tarp breach.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

But South Korea's heatwave has made it uninhabitable, forcing him to seek refuge under a makeshift tarp just a stone’s throw from Gangnam’s gleaming skyscrapers, where the wealthy remain cool in their aloof abodes.

From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026

He briefly considers a bizarre woven tapestry featuring his brothers’ faces rendered in fabric before settling on a blue, crinkly tarp.

From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026

“It is just heartbreaking to see these totally innocent creatures, in various states of decomposition, be taken out and put on a tarp and put in the black plastic garbage bag for evidence,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

One day, Mr. Odom put a tarp in the bed of his pickup truck and filled it with water.

From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor

The tarps are believed to serve as a visual deterrent, since marmot teeth could easily slice through fabric.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

An equipment box labeled “Garden Party”! Mysterious shapes covered in black-plastic tarps!

From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2026

To create a movement, though, Pratt does not need to know what causes seas of tarps and tents.

From Slate ● Jun. 3, 2026

In the foreground of the painting was a car encampment with a tattered floral sheet woven through the windows, cloth tarps and couch cushions creating a shield against the elements.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026

There, at the base, was a squat, round structure, piled with layers of old blankets and tarps.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline


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