cover-up
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He spoke to Reed and the super PAC’s lawyer, Cleta Mitchell, and began to hatch a cover-up.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
She walked her across the street where she bought a cover-up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
During the debate on the bill in November last year, Sir Keir also highlighted that Hillsborough was not an isolated example of a state cover-up.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
What started as an innocent mistake has ended up as a bad cover-up.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
One of the Wyatt-Johnston boys crashes into me, soaking my cover-up.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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The next stage of a new law being designed to stop cover-ups has been temporarily delayed after MPs raised concerns about whether it would apply fully to the security services.
From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2026
Can you lay out the lies and fabrications and cover-ups?
From Slate ● Nov. 14, 2025
The government said the new legislation would "end the culture of cover-ups" and learn lessons from wider disasters including the Grenfell Tower fire and the Post Office Horizon and infected blood scandals.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2025
These captured the world's imagination, attracting journalists from around the globe and leading to claims of conspiracies, cover-ups and cheap publicity stunts.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2025
In turn, Patel tweeted a pledge that “There will be no cover-ups, no missing documents.”
From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2025