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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 latter here is represented via a large puppet created by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, and the walk-through experience will take us from taverns to the back alley of a marketplace to the beholder’s lair.
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Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025
Perhaps by taking the critter back to its lair at the heart of the island, the girl will be able to reconcile the comforts of home with the call of the wild.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2025
What if the bar took the form of a gothic medieval lair meets rock-and-roll club?
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 16 Jan. 2025
Today, the cave is a hot dining destination with patrons reserving tables months in advance to have a meal in the limestone lair.
—Caitlin Palumbo, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025
Perhaps by taking the critter back to its lair at the heart of the island, the girl will be able to reconcile the comforts of home with the call of the wild.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2025
What if the bar took the form of a gothic medieval lair meets rock-and-roll club?
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 16 Jan. 2025
Today, the cave is a hot dining destination with patrons reserving tables months in advance to have a meal in the limestone lair.
—Caitlin Palumbo, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lair
Noun
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Based on a true story, a father and son in a warzone hospital face life-or-death choices as their hideout becomes increasingly compromised.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
29 Apr. 2025
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When Joe secures an isolated, off-the-grid lake house as their temporary hideout, Bronte realizes time is running out.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Across the coasts of our region, both Atlantic and Gulf, sea turtles make their nests and hatchlings make their way back to the ocean.—
Katie Akin,
Southern Living,
10 May 2025
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The nests were counted by an army of volunteers, park staff, local councils, land managers and contractors who conducted 5,000 observations this season, officials said.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
7 May 2025
Noun
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Eighteen hospital beds in the surgical department, including eight in the intensive care unit, were lost as a result.—
Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
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If a family needs help buying a bed for a child, foster care workers typically reach out to local faith groups or nonprofits and use CarePortal to find the closest help by ZIP code.—
Christopher O’Donnell,
Miami Herald,
17 May 2025
Noun
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Additional houses that have recently been sold close by include: On Waterman Court, Danville, in February 2025, a 2,251-square-foot home was sold for $1,990,000, a price per square foot of $884.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
14 May 2025
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The architectural features of the house may have accelerated the family’s demise.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 May 2025
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Then, retire to the spacious living room to sip a digestif on one of the large couches.—
Shannon Sharpe,
Architectural Digest,
14 May 2025
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Using a telescope made from second hand parts, including part of an old wooden couch, David Wilson captured the dramatic solar event on May 7, from his backyard observatory in Inverness, Scotland.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
Noun
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Cable television was a gamechanger of gargantuan proportions as fans could watch, get this, home games on their television (likely color by then) in the comfort of their den.—
Tom Layberger,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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Recently, a den was discovered beneath the entryway, suggesting the snakes had been breeding undisturbed for years.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 May 2025
Noun
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There are 10 king bedrooms, five of which have sleeping lofts, two queen rooms, and one with bunks.—
Rachel Chang,
Travel + Leisure,
14 May 2025
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Designed to hold 40,000 inmates, including mass murderers and drug traffickers, prisoners are confined in large, windowless cages with minimal furnishings of tiered metal bunks, an open toilet, and a cement basin.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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The eggs hatch in six to ten weeks, the new nymphs fall to the earth, burrow underground and begin the wait for their emergence in another 13 or 17 years.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
9 May 2025
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In addition, their burrows can damage or weaken levees, dikes and stream banks.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 May 2025
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“Lair.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lair. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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