cover for
Example Sentences
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The lawsuit alleges Polestar orchestrated its recent U.S. government ban as cover for its desire to leave the American market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
“The idea that tossing the desires of Pearl’s family into the ashcan is ‘just what journalists do’ is only a cover for indiscriminate National Enquirer logic,” he said in a June 2002 column.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
One piece I remember was his re-creation of the Stevie Wonder album cover for “Hotter than July.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
In Operation Mincemeat, the British planted a corpse with fake top-secret documents implying an Allied invasion of Greece and Sardinia to provide cover for their Sicily campaign.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
We huddle, our arms trying to provide cover for each other’s heads.
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
