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cover-up

[kuhv-er-uhp] / ˈkʌv ərˌʌp /




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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

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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