skulk

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Each of these resorts has an undersea restaurant, where travelers can sip sparkling wine and eat crab and caviar as Rainbowfish flit by, and Blacktip sharks skulk in the distance.

From Salon • Dec. 27, 2025

You could skulk back to the Other Place.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 29, 2024

It’s a classic safari moment: A lion stands over a fresh carcass while hyenas skulk at the periphery, heads low.

From National Geographic • Feb. 8, 2024

“If they’re gonna be engaged in skullduggery, you need someone that they’ve got to skulk around,” Schaffer says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 18, 2024

Scary creatures slither and skulk about; some scream constantly, while others have laughs so cold I can feel it in my bones.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston