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Example sentences for: covering

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But we should not judge too harshly on the basis of two narrow spans covering only about 1% of the entries.
It was recaptured from the Moors early in the Christian Reconquest campaign and, when Afonso Henriques declared himself the first king in 1139, the Minho became the independent state of Portucale (covering an area from the Douro to the River Minho).
Torts dominate the news, with major liability decisions about health insurance, pharmaceuticals, and the manufacture of guns covering the front pages.
Covering your ass is, of course, a time-honored military tradition, enshrined with its own acronym.
But Woodward wrote the passage in an annoying way that didn't really establish whether he was or he wasn't seeing a shrink, and seemed designed mostly to allow Woodward to take credit for the scoop if some other drudge came along and actually nailed it, while also covering Woodward's ass if it turned out not to be true.