- present participle of cover.
covering
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Find insight on Nutrien, Dyno Nobel, gold prices and more in the latest Market Talks covering Basic Materials.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
The pool acts as a representative for the media, sharing material with other outlets to save on finance and space when covering presidential events.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Find insight on oil, Drax, European gas prices and more in the latest Market Talks covering Energy and Utilities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
The figures covering the period until March 2026, which will be published today, are not expected to show much improvement.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
He lifts a panel covering the engine, bends over, and starts working.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
Elsewhere, new measures allowing police to order people to remove face coverings have been introduced in Nottingham and are due to be introduced in Stafford, as authorities look at different ways of tackling anti-social behaviour.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
It will be up to officers to determine whether or not coverings are being worn legitimately.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
A ban on face coverings in Nottingham city centre has officially come into force.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Hampshire Police said on Friday it would use new powers under the Crime and Policing Act to prevent protesters wearing face coverings that conceal their identity.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
For teosinte to become a useful crop, it had to undergo drastic changes in its reproductive biology, to increase greatly its investment in seeds, and to lose those rock-like coverings of its seeds.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
