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

He said Russia does not want Afghanistan militants arriving under cover of refugees, RIA news agency quoted him as saying.

From Reuters