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under cover

Protected by a shelter, as in It began to pour but fortunately we were under cover . [c. 1400]
under cover of . Also, under the cover of . Hidden or protected by, as in They sneaked out under cover of darkness , or, as it was put in a sermon in 1751: “Presumption which loves to conceal itself under the cover of humility” (John Jortin, Sermons on Different Subjects ).

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Rollercoasters based on Back to the Future, Jurassic Park and Minions are among the few rides that will not be under cover.

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When oil interests bribed the members of the party administration, there was at least a perceived need to keep the operations under cover, with secret meetings in hotel rooms and suitcases stuffed with cash.

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Eight soldiers were charged with depriving the students of their civil rights under cover of law, but were acquitted in a bench trial.

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Another citizen asked the president when the government would go after “the real racketeers,” and yet another urged the feds to pursue the “legalized robbers” who pulled their heists “under cover of the law.”

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�� those words describe is the kidnapping, imprisonment, and trafficking of human beings under cover of an executive order that is not a law, but the administrative whim of one man, Donald Trump.

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