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lurk
verb as in hide; move stealthily
Example Sentences
Along their route, manhole covers had been blown off by the force of the waves, turning the roads between buildings into an obstacle course of open holes lurking beneath the standing water.
Burry’s lawyer, Steve Druskin, was for some reason allowed to lurk on the phone calls—and even jump in from time to time and offer the Wall Street customer’s point of view.
In the interim, it lurks underground in stasis, almost like a fetus in the womb.
In other moments, far rarer ones, “Christy” is briefly moving, a tale of how easily naive self-determination can be manipulated by misogynist scoundrels lurking in the corner of a shadowy boxing gym.
American leaders whipped up fear of communists, warning there were enemy agents lurking everywhere—in schools, government offices, movie studios—secretly paving the way to Soviet world domination.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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