lurked

Example Sentences

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Money lurked in the background, such as when they spoke about selling the house versus keeping it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Both suffered outages on Thursday afternoon as Tropical Cyclone Narelle lurked off the coast of Western Australia.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

They lurked in the misty, pitch-black marshes of the River Hull valley.

From BBC • Dec. 25, 2024

And all along, the Angels lurked as a possible fallback, having helped nurture Ohtani’s MLB ascent despite missing the playoffs in each of his six seasons with the club.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2023

They avoided it for the same reason people did: Crocodiles lurked under the surface.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer