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cover-up

[kuhv-er-uhp] / ˈkʌv ərˌʌp /




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She walked her across the street where she bought a cover-up.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

What started as an innocent mistake has ended up as a bad cover-up.

From MarketWatch Jun. 22, 2026

Emma added there had been "cover-up over candour".

From BBC Jun. 8, 2026

He also says that Freedom of Information requests continue to be turned down and the "cover-up continues".

From BBC May 30, 2026

Technically, no one was supposed to be living in the building, so the restaurant served as the perfect cover-up for all the people coming and going.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

A bill "to prevent cover-ups" in response to the Hillsborough Disaster will "finally pass after years of frustration".

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

The prime minister is expected to scrap plans that would have given security services a blanket exemption from a law designed to prevent cover-ups in public life.

From BBC Apr. 13, 2026

The families of victims of the Manchester Arena bombing say they cannot support the current form of a new law being designed to stop cover-ups.

From BBC Jan. 14, 2026

Can you lay out the lies and fabrications and cover-ups?

From Slate Nov. 14, 2025

In turn, Patel tweeted a pledge that “There will be no cover-ups, no missing documents.”

From Slate Jul. 15, 2025




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