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

It's a lie that worked for decades to give cover to their malice.

From Salon • Sep. 2, 2021

Will his comments from last weekend give cover to others?

From Seattle Times • Jan. 11, 2018

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

From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2017

Thus it became necessary to devise some new impediment which, whilst remaining mobile, would also give cover and an advantage in the final hand-to-hand shock.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various