- present participle of cover.
covering
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The delay cost him nearly £100,000, covering the interest on the loan to pay for the site, security and insurance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Starship is necessary to achieve many of SpaceX’s goals, and most analysts covering the company warn that potential delays with the program pose a risk to their ambitious forecasts.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
Sports broadcaster Betty Glover, who has been covering the World Cup across the US for the last month, worked at last year's Club World Cup final in the same stadium.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
Before becoming an editor, she spent more than a decade covering national security, the FBI and the Justice Department.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
There are papers all over the place, covering the letter board that’s attached to the computer screen.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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Newport Beach, Laguna Beach and other Orange County towns are cracking down on elaborate shade coverings, citing safety issues.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Police used temporary additional powers to disperse people from the area, conduct searches and demand the removal of facial coverings.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
As well as the restriction on face coverings, Hochul announced that ICE agents would no longer be permitted to enter schools, libraries, community centers, polling sites, and other sensitive locations without a judicial warrant.
From Barron's ● May 7, 2026
Based on its features, scientists classified it as a thescelosaurid, a group of two-legged dinosaurs found in East Asia and North America that may have had fuzzy coverings.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 1, 2026
They wore beautifully colored woollen coverings over their humps, and headstalls with tassels of dark red, green, and blue trailing almost to the ground.
From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks
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