tarp
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As a blue tarp was pulled off it, audience members could hear a snapping noise as the bronze figure it was shrouding suddenly appeared to drop in height.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
A statue of Chavez erected on the Fresno State University campus was covered Wednesday by a black tarp and plastic, Bakersfield Now reported.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
A memorial that has sprung up in front of the bar, loaded with flowers, candles and messages of grief and support, was covered in an igloo-like tarp Thursday to protect it from the heavy snowfall.
From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026
Mr. Wink conjures a land of “trees like skyscrapers, like celestial tent pegs pounded into the earth to hold the black tarp of the sky in place.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
My half-finished coop frame sits under a tarp.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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