: a story accompanying a magazine-cover illustration
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The magazine recently did a cover story on diabetes.
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The wires are crossing, the cover stories are blowing up.—Emily Longeretta, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026 In 1991, the two separated, but Kravitz continued to express his gratitude for their time together decades later in his 2024 PEOPLE cover story.—Avalon Hester, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026 Last year, Zardoya discussed venturing into her solo act with Role Model (Tucker Pillsbury) for Rolling Stone‘s Musicians on Musicians cover story.—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2026 Her most notable reporting has been about taxes, including exposing billionaire tax cheats and writing cover stories on tax shelters (corporate and individual), tax evasion and tax policy.—Forbes Membership, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cover story