lurking
Example Sentences
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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
According to law enforcement sources, a call was received about a prowler lurking around the 7400 block of Woodrow Wilson Drive around 12:20 p.m.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
This is why Muir says that “the market is vastly underestimating the dangers lurking under the covers.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 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
By the time the sun of that last morning crept across Camilla’s sleeping form, we were hunkered, lurking within the drawers.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
