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What is "cover story"

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
cover story
noun
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▪ All his private papers were merely his cover story.
▪ All the press had to do was to interview any one of the islanders to blow the government cover story wide open.
▪ In 1984, she was the subject of a Time magazine cover story.
▪ MI5 was then advised that Crabb had presumably drowned and was asked to help provide a suitable cover story.
▪ The national news magazines have never granted her a cover story or a frill appreciation.
▪ When time magazine made her the subject of a cover story, she encouraged them to include a profile of me.
Wiktionary
cover story

n. 1 A story that appears on the front page of a publication. 2 (context espionage English) A fictitious account that is intended to hide one's real motive.

Wikipedia
Cover Story

Cover Story may refer to:

  • Cover Story (2000 film), a Malayalam-language film
  • Cover Story (2002 film), an American film
  • Cover Story (2011 film), a Hindi-language film
Cover Story (2002 film)

Cover Story is 2002 American film starring Elizabeth Berkley and Costas Mandylor. It was directed by Eric Weston and released on DVD on March 8, 2005.

Cover Story (2000 film)

Cover Story is a 2000 Malayalam film starring Suresh Gopi and Tabu.

Cover Story (2011 film)

Cover Story is an Hindi thriller film directed by Laurence Postma starring Anjum Nayar and Jackie Shroff. It is the second official remake of the acclaimed Dutch film Interview, directed by Theo Van Gogh in 2003, the first being Interview by Steve Buscemi in 2007.

Usage examples of "cover story".

Louis, but that could not be helped, and this one time he would bull his way in, with a convincing cover story: The chess set as a present for Woodie was reason enough to show up in person, the bill of sale gave an excuse to speak to his father-No, sir, this is not exactly a present.

And the cover story that Sam had established with the desk clerk&mdash.