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Most players have been wearing a type of medical mask or league-approved facial covering.
NHL adds game-day rapid testing to coronavirus protocols|Samantha Pell|February 12, 2021|Washington Post
Adding a mask fitting device or a nylon covering, both of which would seal off the sides better, can also help.
The CDC says COVID-19 is no match for two masks|Sara Chodosh|February 11, 2021|Popular-Science
Thirty-six state governments currently require people to wear face coverings in public to curb the spread of the coronavirus, according to a tally by AARP.
Masks should fit better or be doubled up to protect against coronavirus variants, CDC says|Lena H. Sun, Fenit Nirappil|February 11, 2021|Washington Post
The agreement also requires face coverings be worn at all times in team facilities, with few exceptions.
MLB, players’ union agree to health and safety protocols, clearing way for spring training to start|Chelsea Janes|February 9, 2021|Washington Post

The president has mandated face coverings on planes, in airports and in all federal buildings, and he has urged Americans to mask up for three months until vaccinations reach the majority of the population.
The governor of Iowa lifted coronavirus restrictions. These cities are keeping them anyway.|Paulina Villegas|February 8, 2021|Washington Post
She jumps on his back, mock-choking him and covering his eyes.
Sia and Shia LaBeouf’s Pedophilia Nontroversy Over ‘Elastic Heart’|Marlow Stern|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
They keep their heads low while running behind a large curtain covering the opening between two housing blocks.
The Brothers Who Ambushed ISIS|Mohammed A. Salih|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Do you think of power suits for men and knee-covering skirts for women?
Glenn Beck Is Now Selling Hipster Clothes. Really.|Ana Marie Cox|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A spandex mask stretched over his face, covering his eyes and nose.
Dungeons and Genital Clamps: Inside a Legendary BDSM Chateau|Ian Frisch|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Because you were covering up for actions that may or may not have been legally authorized.
After Torture Report, Our Moral Authority As a Nation Is Gone|Nick Gillespie|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At other times they have a dreadful look of being fibs invented for the purpose of covering a fault.
Children's Ways|James Sully
During the siege of Acre he commanded the covering force, and pushed reconnaissances far and wide.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
Any delay in covering such deficit shall be subject to such charge as the Federal Reserve Board may impose.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
And the covering of Juda shall be discovered, and thou shalt see in that day the armoury of the house of the forest.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
On one occasion, while covering the retreat at Herborn, his small force was surrounded by four thousand Austrian cavalry.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison

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covering

/ (ˈkʌvərɪŋ) /

noun

another word for cover (def. 24)

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