Cover
Cover verb - To serve as a replacement usually for a time only.
Sunning
Both words in one sentence
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Subverted on one occasion when Bolan realises he's missed because the man is actually crawling away, using a flimsy plastic sunning board for cover.
Source: Improbable Aiming Skills - The cover of the first Impossible Man Summer Vacation Spectacular (from 1990) shows Impy sunning himself on the beach with almost every major hero in Marvel buried to the neck in the sand around him, with Doctor Doom looming over him.
Source: Covers Always Lie / Comic Books
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