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noun

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Recent Examples of cover (up)
Noun
That would make the pills found in Megan’s system a cover-up by the assailant, and she would have been forced to take them. Brian Brant, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025 After talking with Claire, Bradley suspects that Cory knows something about UBA’s cover-up of the environmental incident. Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 1 Oct. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for cover (up)
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cover (up)
Verb
  • Their discoveries have opened new paths for therapies that either suppress or activate immune responses, depending on the disease.
    Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Major evidence, including the alleged murder weapon, was suppressed as a result.
    Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Also like Lynch, Robinson’s onscreen world hums with quiet dread, a sense that something sinister lurks just beneath the veil of the everyday banal.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
  • As the days shorten, leaves fall, and the earth prepares to rest, the veil between the physical and spiritual realms thin.
    Raquel Reichard, Refinery29, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Though some details remain under the cloak of invisibility, fans can expect a global theatrical re-release of the original film, special edition products and retail promotions.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 7 Oct. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Some wear kittles, white burial shrouds, to signify repentance, according to History.
    Krys'tal Griffin, Freep.com, 2 Oct. 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
  • Carry a windshield scraper, jumper cables, a small shovel, flashlight, cell phone, blanket and additional warm clothing, drinking water, and high-calorie non-perishable food.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The heartwarming clip shared in September by @evietheintern, shows the dog lying flat on the couch, getting comfortable under a warm fuzzy blanket as One Tree Hill plays in the background.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 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 16 Oct. 2025.

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