give cover
Example Sentences
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"The judgement must not be used by Government to give cover to a system which shields wrongdoing rather than exposing it."
From BBC • May 7, 2026
Chinese vessels on research missions often give cover to military purposes, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025
They could also give cover to nations that would simply rather not attend.
From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2021
It's a lie that worked for decades to give cover to their malice.
From Salon • Sep. 2, 2021
Anything rigid in form and movable may be used to give cover from view and fire and to obstruct the advance of an assailant.
From Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition by Moss, James A. (James Alfred)
