Board
Covers
Both words in one sentence
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When Hamm and Potato Head are playing Battleship, Potato Head covers nearly the whole board in white pegs—missing Hamm's ships completely.
Source: Western Animation / Toy Story -
Penn has quite a few problems trying to pronounce her name, so Teller lifts the board up so it covers his mouth, and says it for him, without a problem.
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Not just grids, but any wide enough gap, at least to this horse who refuses to board a subway train until someone covers the gap with a plank.
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