under (the) cover of darkness/night

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: in the dark : at night

The crime was committed under (the) cover of darkness/night.

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Local animal rights advocates and city officials voiced concern the fish would not survive under the hydrant, with some taking matters — and fish — into their own hands, scooping some 35 of the creatures from the tree bed under cover of night. —

Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2025 At times, slavers bypassed tricks altogether, arriving under the cover of night to ambush a village and kidnap its inhabitants. —

Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024 Forty-nine men who, under the cover of darkness, joined him in assaulting her—men identified as nurses and prison guards, firefighters and truck drivers, all living within a 31-mile radius of each other, ranging in age from 27 to 72. —

Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024 The world looks, feels, and sounds different under the cover of darkness. —

Stephanie Vermillion, Vogue, 5 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for under (the) cover of darkness/night

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