On Tuesday, the group witnessed a convoy of 43 unmarked green military trucks with tarpaulin covers moving towards Donetsk.
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When we were kids and some rain would come up, the fans would jump out of the stands to help spread the tarpaulin on the field.
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Alina Vergana, 41, was sitting beneath a tarpaulin stretched to keep off the burning sun.
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At the road he left me; up on the hill his dog guarded the tarpaulin and waited for his return.
Here and Hereafter|Barry Pain
We fastened a tarpaulin across the top of the well and made it our mess.
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He had pulled his tarpaulin closer to the trail, and his motive was as an open page to the keen Mormon.
The Rainbow Trail|Zane Grey
Then throwing a tarpaulin coat over us, he left us to ourselves, while he mounted his watch in the bows and kept a look-out ahead.
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Why, he had been asleep under a tarpaulin all the way from Cuddy Cove!
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British Dictionary definitions for tarpaulin
tarpaulin
/ (tɑːˈpɔːlɪn) /
noun
a heavy hard-wearing waterproof fabric made of canvas or similar material coated with tar, wax, or paint, for outdoor use as a protective covering against moisture
a sheet of this fabric
a hat of or covered with this fabric, esp a sailor's hat