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
She explained she had gone public with her lung cancer diagnosis "because I find it difficult to skulk around various hospitals wearing an unconvincing disguise".
From BBC • May 26, 2023
I wait until the three of them return to Owen’s room to tear it apart again, then skulk out the back door.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
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