as in to suppress
to keep from being publicly known
the governor vainly tried to cover up the growing scandal
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as in veil
something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth
that contrived burglary was just a cover-up for murder
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Recent Examples of cover (up)
Julia Marnin, Sacramento Bee, 26 Feb. 2025
And a cover-up may have furthered the aims of domestic espionage operations like the CIA’s CHAOS and the FBI’s COINTELPRO, which targeted and discredited radical movements whether hippies, Black Panthers, or anti-war activists.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2025
These are my favorite style finds to round out a Palm Springs packing list, including sunglasses, bathing suits, stunning kaftans, swim cover-ups, and more starting at $13.
—Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 20 Feb. 2025
Among the most important lessons to be learned from the Police Department’s cover-up of the police murder of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald is how much honesty and transparency matter.
—Amber Hunter, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Officers accused of a cover-up The complaint accuses the SWAT team’s members of lying about what happened during the raid to shield themselves from liability.
—Julia Marnin, Sacramento Bee, 26 Feb. 2025
And a cover-up may have furthered the aims of domestic espionage operations like the CIA’s CHAOS and the FBI’s COINTELPRO, which targeted and discredited radical movements whether hippies, Black Panthers, or anti-war activists.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2025
These are my favorite style finds to round out a Palm Springs packing list, including sunglasses, bathing suits, stunning kaftans, swim cover-ups, and more starting at $13.
—Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 20 Feb. 2025
Among the most important lessons to be learned from the Police Department’s cover-up of the police murder of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald is how much honesty and transparency matter.
—Amber Hunter, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
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Verb
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But the desire to fit in with the group or to avoid conflict can often cause individuals to suppress or hide their authentic self.—
Tyler Shepherd,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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Experts say many of Trump's supporters see the dozens of felony convictions against the president in a separate case in New York as part of an establishment ploy to suppress their discontent.—
Alana Wise,
NPR,
20 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Enter the grounds of any Anantara resort in southern Thailand and the real world slips away behind an emerald jungle veil.—
Jordan Riefe,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Feb. 2025
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President Barack Obama famously negotiated a rapprochement with Cuba — later reversed by Mr. Trump — under a veil of secrecy.—
Mark Landler,
New York Times,
16 Feb. 2025
Noun
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At times, the show subverts expectations, casting Salonga as the Into the Woods witch while Peters prances about in a red cloak as Little Red Riding Hood.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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The announcement and teaser also comes after a New York Fashion Week runway collaboration with designer Christian Siriano, indicating that the desire to take back the red cloak is the theme for the end of The Handmaid’s Tale, which will be airing newly into President Trump’s second reelection.—
Jackie Strause,
The Hollywood Reporter,
12 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The launch shroud encasing the uncrewed Progress MS-30 (or Progress 91, as NASA refers to it) resupply spacecraft has been decorated with a logo commemorating the centennial of Pavel Belyayev's birth.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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The film, which operated under a hazy shroud after wrapping principal photography in the spring of 2023, underwent 22 days of additional photography in spring of 2024 on its way to its Feb. 14, 2025 release date in after several delays.—
Pamela McClintock,
The Hollywood Reporter,
23 Jan. 2025
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Seen from afar, a colony of Francisca’s cluster anemones looks like a blanket of yellow flowers spread across the seafloor.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
21 Feb. 2025
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Sunbeam is a maker of blenders, electric blankets and gas grills.—
Matt Schifrin,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 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 Mar. 2025.
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