shroud
noun
a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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Photograph: Christian Liewig/Liewig Media Sports/Corbis If there are clouds hanging over Paris this weekend, not one is shrouding .
From The Guardian ● Jun. 8, 2012