under cover
Example Sentences
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However, Newey is said to have given his former Red Bull colleague a tour of the Aston Martin factory under cover of darkness on Tuesday night.
From BBC
He departed Kyiv on Sunday night under cover of darkness for a 10-hour overnight train trip to the country’s southeastern corner.
From Seattle Times
Ms. Bezuhla traveled into Bakhmut under cover of darkness last week.
From New York Times
As long as the battlefield is still blanketed in what has been called “the fog of cyberwar,” there is also a possibility that some of the most sophisticated cyber threat actors are operating under cover of hacktivism.
From The Verge
After adjusting for inflation, this enormous budget is comparable to the peak of Trump's arms buildup in 2020, and is only 10% below the post-World War II record set by George W. Bush in 2008 under cover of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
From Salon
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