Example Sentences

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Discovery shareholders, Paramount is covering nearly $20 billion of the loans and fees WBD incurred throughout this whole process.

From Slate • Feb. 27, 2026

LSU is covering the performance incentives from his previous contract.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2026

Butler paid the workers a week of salary and is covering the employees’ share of health-insurance costs for the month.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025

The pool report ended with “a thick pall of smoke is covering much of the sky,” as they drove to the hospital.

From Salon • Jan. 9, 2025

Barb is covering his body, pushing air into his lungs with a bag valve mask.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott