tarp

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A mountain of chairs set against the backdrop of a tarp curtain is the starting point for a production that recaps Shakespeare’s War of the Roses saga.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 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

Uphill from the swollen Wenatchee River, 62-year-old Lisa Hart sat in her recently deceased parents’ kitchen, watching friends drape a tarp over the roof.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

A bright orange tarp, meant to serve as a tent, kept ripping loose in the wind.

From Salon • Nov. 21, 2025

The cemetery workers began rolling up the tarp, preparing to put the coffin in the ground.

From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon