cover-up
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She’s wearing a two-piece magenta bathing suit and a faded basketball jersey as a cover-up.
From Literature
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Residents have raised concerns about the risk of a serious accident, citing frequent cover-up scandals, minor accidents and evacuation plans they say are inadequate.
From Barron's
Some I have spoken to were also spooked by Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative leader, managing to personalise the issue - telling Labour MPs that they risked individually becoming party to a "cover-up".
From BBC
However, residents raised concerns about the risk of a serious accident, citing frequent cover-up scandals, minor accidents and evacuation plans they say are inadequate.
From Barron's
The victims' families also said valuable evidence was lost when the crash site was bulldozed soon after the accident, leading to claims of an attempted cover-up.
From Barron's
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