tarpaulin
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A tarpaulin covered the court to make sure people couldn’t observe his lengthy matches.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
He recounted how once they boarded the pirogue, he and the other passengers were covered with a tarpaulin: "I closed my eyes and thought of my mother," he said.
From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026
By 1970, sculptors Christo and Jeanne-Claude had just wrapped a million square-feet of coastal Australia in tarpaulin lashed with rope.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025
"Fear is natural," Brahim had told me, looking up at the ridge where tarpaulin flapped at the settlers' lookout post in front of a few caravans and makeshift homes.
From BBC • Aug. 18, 2025
A fourth was already resting crosswise on the tarpaulin.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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