cover
verb (used with object)
to be or serve as a covering for; extend over; rest on the surface of.
have covered
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present perfectof cover.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Commentator Ian Darke weighed in with a post on X: “Reckless and yellow would have covered it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
I have covered umpteen by elections, but none as significant as this.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
That’s not nothing: That makes me one of 400 people who together would have covered the cost of that missile.
From Slate ● May 11, 2026
David’s deductible had reset, and costs his insurer would have covered in December became David’s problem in January.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 22, 2026
I reckoned I must have covered two, three miles, but once me and Pa got walking toward the road I saw I hadn’t gone no more than two, three hundred feet!
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
