Example Sentences

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ActionAid UK's co-chief Hannah Bond, said that without new funding, her appointment was "papering over the cracks" of a struggling aid sector.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2025

But it felt that everyone was papering over the cracks.

From The Guardian • Apr. 9, 2020

He had been working with Slyme, who was papering a large boarded ceiling in a shop.

From The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Tressell, Robert

From the window of the room where Slyme was papering, one could see into the front garden.

From The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Tressell, Robert