cover
verb (used with object)
to be or serve as a covering for; extend over; rest on the surface of.
am covering
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present progressiveof cover (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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I am covering the City versus Real game next week for BBC Radio 5 Live.
From BBC ● May 11, 2023
How did you do what you did, and why can’t the pitchers that I am covering do it anymore?
From Washington Post ● Oct. 3, 2020
I feel I as if I am covering for my own failure and then trying to get credit for it by writing it down.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 21, 2019
“When something big is going on and I am covering it,” he said, “I always really wish I was on the other side of the yellow tape, right in the middle of it.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 24, 2012
"There is something deep and wonderful below me here that I am covering up with my veil of mystery."
From Living Up to Billy by Elizabeth Cooper
