- present participle of cover.
covering
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Find insight on gold futures, fertilizers and more in the latest Market Talks covering basic materials.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
It remainsfenced-off, with trash and graffitiand with overgrown vines covering tributes to Kennedy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
The HadUK dataset displays temperature and rainfall data across a uniform grid covering the entire landmass of the UK.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
“You should not be here covering me. You said you weren’t going to cover me.”
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026
A map of the area loaded, and seconds later Akira watched as a big red blob appeared, covering everything behind them.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
A number of men wearing black, several with face coverings, were at the front of the protesters.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
From today, police and community protection officers will be able to ask people to remove coverings if they "reasonably believe" they are being used to conceal their identity to commit crime or anti-social behaviour.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
A man has been charged with concealing his identity at a protest in Portsmouth, after police warned they would arrest demonstrators using face masks and coverings.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary said on Friday it would use new powers under the Crime and Policing Act to prevent people involved in protest activity from wearing face coverings that conceal their identity.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
The drivers are all wearing American flag face coverings so we can’t identify them.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
