- present participle of cover.
covering
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Find insight on BASF, Regis Resources, Alcoa and more in the latest Market Talks covering basic materials.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Find insight on Commonwealth Bank, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. and more in the latest Market Talks covering financial services.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 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
In the future, a small blood sample could potentially be used to create a detailed risk profile covering several cardiovascular diseases at once.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
By the time I got downstairs for breakfast, Aunt Pretty was covering an apple pie with a towel.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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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
Another woman takes the microphone and highlights the importance of hijab - head coverings for women.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 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
In some cities, Jews say they are covering their Kippahs, or head coverings, in public or placing their mezuzas, which are usually affixed outside doorjambs, on the inside.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 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
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