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cover story





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There’s a 2021 InStyle cover story of Jennifer Aniston that I think about more often than I’d like to.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

If Spielberg’s earlier UFO movies gave us awe, comfort and catastrophe, this one feels like an encounter of a fourth kind: What happens when the cover story breaks?

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

The conservative journalist Christopher Caldwell penned a cover story last week for the Spectator magazine titled “The End of Trumpism.”

From Slate • Mar. 23, 2026

He later told her that identity was a cover story and in fact he was working for the intelligence services.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

The MI6 agents had brought along their wives, who rode beside them in the front seats of both cars, helping provide a cover story should the Soviet guards become suspicious.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau




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