cover-up

Example Sentences

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Human rights activists and relatives of the missing quickly denounced the report as a cover-up — the latest attempt to “disappear the disappeared.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

One thing is certain: The cover-up isn’t being conducted in the shadows.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2026

And Scottish Conservative health spokesman Dr Sandesh Gulhane said there was evidence of "a cover-up at the very top."

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2026

It also alleges the cover-up went all the way up to Customs and Border Protection commissioner Rodney Scott, who was Border Patrol deputy chief for the San Diego region when Hernández Rojas died.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026

At Senate hearings, John Dean testified that he had talked with the president more than thirty times about details of the cover-up.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin