under (the) cover of darkness/night
idiom
: in the dark : at night
The crime was committed under (the) cover of darkness/night.
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Some of this may happen under cover of darkness, but much of it happens in the open, under cover of arcane technocracy or boring bureaucracy.
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Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
Hours before the first shots of the American Revolution rang out, 700 British soldiers stationed in Boston mobilized under cover of darkness, hoping to stop the war in its tracks.
—Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025
The official logline: Gordon Ramsay will venture into struggling restaurants under the cover of night.
—Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
The Colts first left Baltimore under the cover of night, there one day and gone the next.
—Cody Stavenhagen, The Athletic, 22 Apr. 2024
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Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
Hours before the first shots of the American Revolution rang out, 700 British soldiers stationed in Boston mobilized under cover of darkness, hoping to stop the war in its tracks.
—Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025
The official logline: Gordon Ramsay will venture into struggling restaurants under the cover of night.
—Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
The Colts first left Baltimore under the cover of night, there one day and gone the next.
—Cody Stavenhagen, The Athletic, 22 Apr. 2024
See All Example Sentences for under (the) cover of darkness/night
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“Under (the) cover of darkness/night.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/under%20%28the%29%20cover%20of%20darkness%2Fnight. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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