cover-up

Example Sentences

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She said: "It has played into the terrible narrative that there is something to hide and good, decent colleagues will be accused of being complicit in a cover-up."

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

Human rights activists and relatives of the missing quickly denounced the report as a cover-up — the latest attempt to “disappear the disappeared.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

“It’s incredibly serious, points to a possible cover-up and is something that is just developing,” he said.

From Salon • Feb. 24, 2026

They then spent days refusing to release his body to his relatives, triggering accusations of a cover-up.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

She’s wearing a two-piece magenta bathing suit and a faded basketball jersey as a cover-up.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller