cover-up
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What started as an innocent mistake has ended up as a bad cover-up.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
But moviegoers won’t soon forget her impressive turn, communicating the stakes of a massive cover-up that sought to prevent the knowledge of aliens walking among humanity for decades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
He also says that Freedom of Information requests continue to be turned down and the "cover-up continues".
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
George Osborne, the museum's chair of trustees, told me it was a "pretty elaborate cover-up job".
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
About my pretending not to see Peeta and my anger at their cover-up.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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Can you lay out the lies and fabrications and cover-ups?
From Slate ● Nov. 14, 2025
These captured the world's imagination, attracting journalists from around the globe and leading to claims of conspiracies, cover-ups and cheap publicity stunts.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2025
In turn, Patel tweeted a pledge that “There will be no cover-ups, no missing documents.”
From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2025
Sussex Police is examining concerns about avoidable harm and cover-ups in the trust's neurosurgery and general surgery departments between 2015 and 2021.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2025
He previously said while Labour leader that the law would help prevent cover-ups like the infected blood and Post Office scandals.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2025