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Example Sentences

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The method allows light into the bottom of hedgerows to promote dense, vertical regrowth, which in turn provides cover for animals and birds during the winter months.

From BBC

At its best, “Hoppers” is mildly amusing, but that aspect barely covers for the deficiencies of its lead character, who is mildly annoying.

From The Wall Street Journal

I couldn’t tell her exactly what I was doing, but I needed her to cover for me when I sneaked out of the house.

From Literature

Many restaurants, after raising prices to cover for the past several years of supply shocks, are now trying to find ways to cut them after scaring customers away.

From MarketWatch

"The government initially played down the affair to cover for the real political culprits," Koukakis told AFP in an interview a few months ago.

From Barron's