Sentence examples for provided covering from inspiring English sources

When the raid began, several vehicles were able to escape while militants inside the compound provided covering fire, the senior government official said.

Then he provided covering fire so the artillery observer and a machine gun team could run back across the first bridge, gain elevation in Aliabad and cover the squad in the field.

Colonel Merritt led a rear-guard action that provided covering fire for those soldiers and was shot in the shoulder when he dashed onto the beach to pick up an unconscious corporal.

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A couple of guards with rifles station themselves on rooftops to provide covering fire if necessary.

Later, I found an officer ordering his troops to a forward position and providing covering fire as they did so.

On Wednesday, a military source told reporters at Vedomosti that Russian artillery was providing "covering fire" to Syrian troops in the Homs region.

Suddenly, half the Mauritanians raced forward across open ground, firing their AK-47 rifles, while the others stayed back to provide covering fire.

A soldier who took part in the ground-floor operations inside Westgate said Kenyan forces were providing covering fire but had met no hostile fire in return as they searched the vast complex room by room.