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as in hideout
a place where a person goes to hide or to avoid others
the detectives tracked the thieves to their lair and arrested them
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as in bed
British dialect
a place set aside for sleeping
while he was on the road, he used the back compartment of his lorry as his lair
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Recent Examples of lair
The supervillain is defeated by Superman and Batman in his lair.
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Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
There are no elaborate lairs where the spies do their business; characters just meet in restaurants or cars.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
Betty Lin-Fisher doesn't have a lair up on a mountain or a dog who assists her in stealing the heart of Christmas.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024
The wizards’ lair was recreated to look exactly the same, with the production team having recovered the couches from the original series in a warehouse.
—Julia MacCary, Variety, 21 Oct. 2024
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Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
There are no elaborate lairs where the spies do their business; characters just meet in restaurants or cars.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
Betty Lin-Fisher doesn't have a lair up on a mountain or a dog who assists her in stealing the heart of Christmas.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024
The wizards’ lair was recreated to look exactly the same, with the production team having recovered the couches from the original series in a warehouse.
—Julia MacCary, Variety, 21 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lair
Noun
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Luckily, Matt has enough strength to escape to the Punisher’s (Jon Bernthal) hideout, but Wilson Fisk’s police are on their way.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2025
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Kim Il Sung, North Korea’s founder and Kim Jong Un’s grandfather, purportedly used the mountain as a hideout when fighting against the Japanese occupation for independence in the 1940s.—
Will Ripley,
CNN Money,
15 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Paper Wasp nests resemble the shape of an upside-down umbrella.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Apr. 2025
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Earlier this year, viewers worldwide tuned in to watch bald eagle eggs hatch on a Big Bear live nest cam.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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So the idea of Thwaites and West Antarctic being unstable are all predicated on the idea that the bed is thawed and that the ice can slide over its bed.—
Monica Sanders,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Make sure the beds are at least 1 to 2 feet deep, to keep the roots out of contaminated soil.—
Jeanette Marantos,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Apr. 2025
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Siba said the security forces inspected the document, searched the house for weapons and, finding none, told the family to remain inside.—
Christina Goldbaum,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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The home was featured on Zillow Gone Wild, a Facebook page that highlights unique house listings all over the country, and people were … well … impressed?—
TJ Macias,
Miami Herald,
19 Apr. 2025
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Instead, MacFarlane was saying Aaron Friar had been in the living room asleep on the couch and that MacFarlane had crept in armed with a baseball bat.—
Natalie Morales, Richard Fetzer,
CBS News,
19 Apr. 2025
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Fans would rather see screenshots of your FIFA matches and unflattering angles of you sitting on the couch than the umpteenth brand collaboration or photo shoot.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
18 Apr. 2025
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Photo : Yale Wagner for Sotheby’s International Realty The top floor’s flex space can serve as a den, a bedroom, or an office.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
14 Apr. 2025
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The brothers were convicted of firing more than a dozen shotgun shells at their parents inside the den of their mansion, including a blast to the back of their dad’s head and the one to their mom’s face.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
11 Apr. 2025
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The cramped cells are equipped with tiered metal bunks without mattresses, two basins for washing, and two open toilets.—
Rebecca Beitsch,
The Hill,
3 Apr. 2025
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Overnight guests bunk in the house’s dedicated guest suite, which features a private entrance.—
Kristine Hansen,
Architectural Digest,
1 Apr. 2025
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The eggs will then hatch six to seven weeks later, and the nymphs burrow into the soil to begin the next cycle.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Apr. 2025
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The team, peering into mountainside crevices, deep burrows and under leaf litter, was searching for tarantulas.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Lair.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lair. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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