give cover

Example Sentences

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"The judgement must not be used by Government to give cover to a system which shields wrongdoing rather than exposing it."

From BBC • May 7, 2026

Such action could also give cover for more businesses to join firms such as Microsoft, Google and Tyson Foods in exhibiting the needed leadership to mandate vaccinations.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 4, 2021

The group added: "The United States and Israel are imperfect and, like all democracies, at times deserving of critique, but false equivalencies give cover to terrorist groups."

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2021

“I understand the instinct to want to give cover to the president,” he said.

From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2017

All trees and bushes and walls and buildings that would give cover to the enemy the Browns had razed.

From The Last Shot by Palmer, Frederick