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  • present participle of cover.
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covering

[kuhv-er-ing] / ˈkʌv ər ɪŋ /


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Longtime drinks writers Caroline Pardilla and Esther Tseng, who both started covering bars in the early 2000s, remember a pre-COVID nightlife landscape with later hours, more clubs and fewer alternatives competing for young people’s time.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

Street earnings are whatever earnings metric a majority of analysts covering a company adopt, whether non-GAAP or GAAP.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Said injured her foot later that year while covering a weather-related story in the area.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

DR20 now includes integral field spectroscopy maps of 6 separate target regions covering 169 tiles and about 300,000 spectra.

From Science Daily Aug. 14, 2026

Something’s different now—there’s a blanket of light covering her entire form.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

Outside the warehouse, dozens of workers in hard hats and neon vests can be seen tackling the effort, some wearing face coverings.

From BBC Aug. 9, 2026

Contractors could be seen putting up long white coverings in place of the missing walls.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

As well as the restriction on face coverings, Hochul announced that ICE agents would no longer be permitted to enter schools, libraries, community centers, polling sites, and other sensitive locations without a judicial warrant.

From Barron's May 7, 2026

Based on its features, scientists classified it as a thescelosaurid, a group of two-legged dinosaurs found in East Asia and North America that may have had fuzzy coverings.

From Science Daily Apr. 1, 2026

I went and vomited into one of the ogres’ foot coverings.

From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth




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