1.   It was a heavy snowfall and by morning even the most prominent landmark was disguised beneath a thick covering of snow.

2.   In the middle of the room was a kotatsu, a low table with a thick blanketlike covering and an electric heater underneath.

3.   Several will not see any boat traffic and only limited shore-fishing due to thick coverings of ice and snow.

4.   She and a former assistant once found an unused gas station that had been rented by an automaker and had several cars under thick coverings that obscured all details.

5.   Such a call would be an embarrassment for the government, which had planned to entomb the wreck under a thick covering of rocks.