plural tarps
: a piece of material (such as durable plastic or waterproofed canvas) used especially for protecting exposed objects or areas : tarpaulin
The crewmen competed for a place to stand beneath the small tarp that covered part of the narrow deck.—
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Matt PottsThis house, half of it's all burned up. They live there, the burned part's covered with a tarp, with their dogs, and they must have at least ten.—Katya Reno
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Teams carrying flags from around the world cheered as rescuers carried Gil Flores, wearing an oxygen mask and covered in an orange tarp, through throngs of people to an ambulance.
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ABC News,
2 July 2026
Visitors to the Kennedy Center still won’t be able to read the venue’s sign, which now lacks Trump’s name following a court order to remove it, as scaffolding and a huge tarp have stood in front of it for nearly three weeks.
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Conor Murray,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
But the part of the building once covered with letters spelling the president’s name is now shrouded in a tarp.
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Steven Sloan,
Chicago Tribune,
28 June 2026
As a crowd gathered to watch it being taken down earlier this month, workers placed the tarp over scaffolding so the removal of the name could not be seen.
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Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
28 June 2026
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ABC News,
2 July 2026
Visitors to the Kennedy Center still won’t be able to read the venue’s sign, which now lacks Trump’s name following a court order to remove it, as scaffolding and a huge tarp have stood in front of it for nearly three weeks.
—
Conor Murray,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
But the part of the building once covered with letters spelling the president’s name is now shrouded in a tarp.
—
Steven Sloan,
Chicago Tribune,
28 June 2026
As a crowd gathered to watch it being taken down earlier this month, workers placed the tarp over scaffolding so the removal of the name could not be seen.
—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
28 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for tarp
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“Tarp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tarp. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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