lurk

The roots of hatred run deep in our country, and always lurk just beneath the surface.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

THE LAW IS ill equipped to deal with the latent jealousy and hidden ambitions that lurk below the surface of inheritance disputes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

What is true today, as potential bidders for the Dodgers lurk and coalesce amid L.A.’s turn at uncertainty, is that the Padres have an energetic and effervescent couple as their new principal owners.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

Their formation in markets often suggest further price declines lurk on the horizon.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026

Other than his eyes, he has no more color to him than the translucent spiders that lurk in Serra’s catacombs.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

We would like to leave no moment uncaptured, would like to at least try to become pearly, hairless, omniscient idealized beings, even if this desire lurks somewhere beneath what we’d consciously admit.

From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026

Near Darkness lurks a table laden with sugar-crusted fruit and an elaborately stemmed flute holding what looks like champagne.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026

While the show doesn’t confront it directly, Simpson also said the “specter of AIDS” lurks in the background for the teens who “think they’re invincible.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

More than the economic and fiscal costs, a social disaster lurks behind these numbers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

He only looks at the keys now, and I wonder what lurks beneath the cool, calm exterior of my friend.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak

Somewhere in the back of my mind lurked the memory of soy-butter corn ramen, another reminder that corn, umami, fat and slurpable carbohydrates have always gotten along beautifully.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026

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

As the virus made its way over the next few months, and the capital city - along with the rest of the country - remained under a strict shutdown, tragedy lurked at every corner.

From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2025

Smokes and steams drifted in sullen clouds and lurked in the hollows.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

Also known as grabblers or hand-fishermen, noodlers use their own bare limbs as bait to catch enormous flathead catfish lurking in Southern and Midwestern rivers, creeks, and lakes.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Others say its ancient black holes lurking throughout space.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

Critics warn of another potential “Lehman Brothers” moment lurking around the corner for AI, while “Big Short” investor Michael Burry predicted in August a 1987-style fall for the stock market.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

Rheinmetall has been making ammo since before World War I, and presumably its factories produced their fair share of the shells still lurking in Germany’s soil.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

They listened to the slightest movement in the grass to learn whether a snake might be lurking there.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari