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cover-up

[kuhv-er-uhp] / ˈkʌv ərˌʌp /




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She walked her across the street where she bought a cover-up.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

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

She’s wearing a two-piece magenta bathing suit and a faded basketball jersey as a cover-up.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

His work as an MP partly led to the Hillsborough Law, which was passed last week and is intended to prevent cover-ups linked to failures of the state.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

The families of victims of the Manchester Arena bombing say they cannot support the current form of a new law being designed to stop cover-ups.

From BBC Jan. 14, 2026

Can you lay out the lies and fabrications and cover-ups?

From Slate Nov. 14, 2025

"There is a culture of cover-ups," one told the BBC.

From BBC Aug. 8, 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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