tarp
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A blue tarp covered a makeshift home next to the sandbox.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
A private company plans to refloat the injured mammal from the sea floor by its flippers and onto a tarp attached to a tug boat, officials said.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 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
At that moment, the duct tape separates from the plaster, and the tarp peels away and drops to the floor.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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