cover-up
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Asymmetric said it could not determine whether the agents' cover-up was deliberate.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
He spoke to Reed and the super PAC’s lawyer, Cleta Mitchell, and began to hatch a cover-up.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
We went back and forth on what Anton says, what Paul Baker says, whether you hear us or not, whether it’s a balloon cover-up, whether we show the kiss.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
She walked her across the street where she bought a cover-up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
If it was a cover-up, it was a very bad one.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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MPs are expected to approve the long-delayed 'Hillsborough Law' later, in a bid to prevent cover-ups linked to failures of the state.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
The prime minister is expected to scrap plans that would have given security services a blanket exemption from a law designed to prevent cover-ups in public life.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026
Can you lay out the lies and fabrications and cover-ups?
From Slate ● Nov. 14, 2025
The government said the new legislation would "end the culture of cover-ups" and learn lessons from wider disasters including the Grenfell Tower fire and the Post Office Horizon and infected blood scandals.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2025
In turn, Patel tweeted a pledge that “There will be no cover-ups, no missing documents.”
From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2025
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