tarpaulin

Example Sentences

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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

"We call on international organizations to coordinate more tents and tarpaulins and other winter humanitarian responses."

From BBC

There are crumpled signs for hospital departments strewn on the ground and medical records drying on a tarpaulin between the admin offices.

From BBC

So too will tarpaulins, given the extent of the housing crisis.

From BBC

Crowds of men set fire to pieces of tarpaulin as hundreds of police officers cordoned off several roads across the city, AFP correspondents reported.

From Barron's