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tarpaulin

noun as in covering

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"I struggled to reach the next floor amidst the chaos. Our home and all our livestock were swept away," says Zuhra Bibi, who is now sleeping in a tarpaulin tent.

From BBC

Rasseem’s birds wobbled in their cages under their tarpaulin, unable to muster a sound.

“Those are nice,” said Mara as she pulled a tarpaulin over the baggage and tied it down.

The structure has since been secured against the façade of the cabaret and covered up by green tarpaulin for safety.

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The response is still agonisingly slow for people like Sarah Molin, stuck living under a tarpaulin in the capital.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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