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

They could also give cover to nations that would simply rather not attend.

From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2021

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

These could, with very little work, be made to give cover from all sides.

From The Defence of Duffer's Drift by Swinton, Ernest Dunlop