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noun

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Recent Examples of cover (up)
Noun
Culinary pleasures include Ristorante La Pace alla Scarrupata, a casual, wear your best cover-up kind of tavern reachable from the water. Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 29 Sep. 2025 In addition to a large blue ring, the singer also accessorized with a black long-sleeve cover-up. Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2025 There’s so much going on this month for stargazers, including great lunar conjunctions and cover-ups. Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 2025 After reviewing those court records, anyone with an ounce of humanity would come away furious at the criminal cover-up perpetrated against innocent young children by priests. Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 26 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cover (up)
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cover (up)
Verb
  • Multiple fire departments worked to suppress the blaze, police said.
    Charles Ventura, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Tigers pitchers, meanwhile, rank 14th in suppressing home runs.
    Zack Meisel, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Atlanta traded her short courthouse dress for an A-line strapless lace gown and floor-length veil for the second celebration in Italy.
    Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The veil having been brusquely lifted from his eyes, Blair eventually left the service.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Louise Donegan, my wife, [has] been working on my look for a couple of years, like the cloak thing.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2025
  • But Lucas, who wore clip-on pointy ears along with his costume of a brown cloak.
    Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Others stood and prayed around a group of five bodies in shrouds, including three tiny children.
    Reuters, NBC news, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Moraes developed computer models to simulate draping a sheet on both a 3D human form and a bas-relief carving to test which version most closely matched the figure preserved in the shroud.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Move pillows to a new location, transition covers to reflect the change in seasons, try new throw blanket and pillow combinations, swap curtains from two different rooms—so many possibilities.
    Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Nab the blanket on sale to wrap up in all season long or get a head start on holiday shopping and gift it to a loved one.
    Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025

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“Cover (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cover%20%28up%29. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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