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covering

an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it) the act of protecting something by covering it (= cover) a natural object that covers or envelops under a covering of dust the fox was flushed from its cover (= cover) the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it the cover concealed their guns from enemy aircraft (= application, coating) the work of applying something the doctor prescribed a topical application of iodine a complete bleach requires several applications the surface was ready for a coating of paint

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Simple sentences

Women really are quite dangerous. The more I think about this, the more I'm able to understand the reasoning behind face covering.
How many smoke bombs still have to be thrown until the government actually succeeds in covering up the scandal?
So that the tradesmen could lay the new floor covering, Tom and Mary had to move all the furniture.
Tom tried to hide by covering his eyes.
This bride is covering her face with a veil.
Tom's covering something with his right hand.
I'm not covering your roof with straw.
Mary's covering her mouth and yawning.

Movie subtitles

We've got airport police covering that off with Immigration.
Uh, he's got an early flight he's covering, some nudist golf camp in Florida.
Covering 2-7-0.
By order of Phoebes, snow is falling from all quarters, covering the ground with its white coat. The cold becomes unbearable. So the unfortunate voyagers wake up half-frozen.
Is the scarf covering his mouth?
Only I don't understand why you are covering up for the gang who left you in the lurch. Funny friends!
You're not getting your play done, but you're covering a lot of territory.
You're covering up.
Covering up for what? For you?
Covering up afterwards is even finer.
I knew it. - I thought you knew the art of covering up.
Thanks for covering me up with your coat and everything.
The cod will be covering this bank like herring.
And finally I accuse the Esterhazy court-martial of covering up this illegality by order, thus, in turn.
You're not getting your play done, but you're covering territory.
A pale shadow is crawling along, with a haircloth tight and heavy he is covering up the earth.
That silly shadow racing along over mountains and valleys covering 10 times the distance of the plane.
Your men covering that driveway?
Covering up for them.
They came here together in the same term they joined the flying corps together and died upon the same day covering the infantry attack upon Delville Wood.
I do know he always went heavily armed, and he never went to sleep without covering the floor around his bed with newspapers so that nobody could come silently into his room.
Tell me one thing. Why are you covering up Frank Fry?
It's too bad I'm not covering this dinner tonight because I've got an angle that would really be sensational.
So now you're covering up for each other.
Why, Van, I never expected to see you covering a convention again.
What's the idea of covering 12 grand on that Apollo nag at those odds and not even spreading' it?
But Curly told me he was covering half of it in Chicago.
From now on, we're not covering any more than 3 grand on any horse, no matter if it's the only horse in the race.
What's the point of covering a blind man's eyes, fool?
Dorm 2: covering force. Right!
I don't care! He's supposed to be covering the Earl Williams case. And where is he?
This isn't just a story you're covering.
Are you covering up for someone?
He's covering up for someone.
That's the girl that Paul's been covering up for.
All along Paul's known she did it and he's been covering up for her.
Mr Gordon. Who's covering the Melba concert at the opera house?

News and current affairs

Various catastrophe bonds, covering earthquakes and other disasters, and weather derivatives have begun trading on financial markets in recent years.
The ultimate reason for their lack of preparation is that our insurance industry was not covering their tsunami risks, and hence not offering up-to-date disaster-prevention guidance.
But such breakthrough technologies are not simply invented and then implemented - they need government support in the form of a coherent set of laws and regulations covering their use.
Though Abe visited the shrine only once - in December 2013 - he felt compelled to do so in response to China's unilateral declaration of an air-defense identification zone, covering territories that it claims but does not control.
The European Commission, hoping to speed things up, published a White Paper on financial services policy covering 2005-2010.
Second, there is the way in which the media are covering it.
Armenia frequently sees skinheads attacking reporters covering opposition rallies and once severely beating a leading opposition politician.
Still, the costs would have been sizeable, so the IMF would have needed to offer generous financing, covering the country's import requirements for, say, two years while providing the liquidity to manage the transition to a new currency.
You must ensure that you abide by international rules of propriety, covering newly exposed domestic sources of weaknesses, and protecting yourself from the elements.
Now, the pressure is on for structural reforms covering everything from labor markets to taxation.
But at the same time, Israel insists that Gaza will not have any attributes of sovereignty and will continue to be governed by existing arrangements covering most aspects of security and civil administration.
Christian Friis Bach's electric-powered vehicle was incapable of covering the 30 kilometers from his house to the palace without running out of power.
In the Danish cartoon case and the recent controversy over the Pope's statements, the station was clearly seen as making the news rather than just covering it.
Sarkozy has also spoken of forcing France's eager healthcare consumers to pay a flat fee covering part of the costs of treatment.
The current drought covering much of East Africa - far more severe than past droughts - has been directly associated with climate change.
For some traits, we do not have to speculate - we can measure and compare on the basis of studies covering thousands of individuals over several generations.
Meanwhile, eight new railway lines, covering 200 kilometers and with a daily capacity of close to four million people, have become operational this year, alongside 60 kilometers of bus lines.
Those of us covering Eastern Europe knew that Solidarity would win.
The World Bank and some other organizations have, collectively, gathered a massive amount of data - covering 1,000 similar products in 146 countries - to construct comparable international prices.
The good news is that the 13th Five-Year Plan (covering the 2016-2020 period), which is to be enacted in March 2016, appears likely to address these concerns explicitly.
All you can find are newsreaders from national television covering the smiling faces of people who come back to Hongdong to seek their roots and pay homage to their ancestors.
This is an all-encompassing brief, covering everything we do as a community and an economy in areas ranging from international trade to art, culture, and tourism.
Rather than spending energy on trying to build large-scale institutions covering the entire region, it would be better to focus more on smaller, issue-oriented institutions.
The diplomatic negotiation that preceded the meeting was exquisitely complex, even covering who should pay for dinner (they split the bill).

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