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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
Free of blood and gore, Nightbooks follows a kid who loves scary stories until he is forced to tell a new one every night or stay trapped in a witch's lair forever.
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Emy Lacroix, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Cast adrift in a frosty wilderness—a harrowing yet welcome departure, visually, from the Gothic shadows of Victor’s lair—the Creature experiences a dollop of decency, courtesy of a blind old farmer (a wonderful David Bradley), but also a deluge of misery, courtesy of everyone else.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2025
Once the pair have Michelle in their lair, the film becomes a chamber piece, confined to Teddy and Don’s claustrophobic home.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 24 Oct. 2025
The big issue is that Robert, despite being an exceptionally capable superhero, gets totally overwhelmed in fight against Shrouds goons in the villain’s factory-like lair, losing his suit and the (likely important) power source in the process.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2025
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Emy Lacroix, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Cast adrift in a frosty wilderness—a harrowing yet welcome departure, visually, from the Gothic shadows of Victor’s lair—the Creature experiences a dollop of decency, courtesy of a blind old farmer (a wonderful David Bradley), but also a deluge of misery, courtesy of everyone else.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2025
Once the pair have Michelle in their lair, the film becomes a chamber piece, confined to Teddy and Don’s claustrophobic home.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 24 Oct. 2025
The big issue is that Robert, despite being an exceptionally capable superhero, gets totally overwhelmed in fight against Shrouds goons in the villain’s factory-like lair, losing his suit and the (likely important) power source in the process.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lair
Noun
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Jasper, in contrast, is having a grand old time at his hideout.—
Lily Osler,
Vulture,
3 Nov. 2025
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Barrow allegedly stayed in the Stockyards Hotel in 1933 as a hideout during one of the couple’s heists.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Oct. 2025
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Past research has found that the horns may provide the bees with defense against competitors for floral resources, defense against females over nest sites, as well as collecting resin, pebble, or sand for cell closures.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
11 Nov. 2025
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Seattle has a few blue-chip players who set the tone weekly, but facing this unit is like walking into a hornet’s nest and being swarmed from every direction.—
Michael-Shawn Dugar,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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The show spans multiple categories, including men’s, women’s and children’s apparel, bed and bath, kitchen and tabletop, stationery, wall coverings, window fashions and other applications across the surface design industry.—
SJ Studio,
Sourcing Journal,
11 Nov. 2025
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At the heart of the design is Otzi’s patented Lifestyle System, an ultra-adaptive interior that can transform between more than 20 configurations, from bed to lounge to dining space, in seconds to adapt to what one is doing throughout the day and from trip to trip.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
11 Nov. 2025
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How to prepare before strong winds approach Trim tree branches away from your house and power lines.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
12 Nov. 2025
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Namely, going after the drug traffickers themselves by raiding Mexican cartel trap houses and robbing their mules, using equipment borrowed from their parents including night-vision goggles and beanbag shotguns.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Nov. 2025
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Even so, one evening Justin came home, sat next to his mother on the couch and put his arm around her.—
Alexandra Rockey Fleming,
PEOPLE,
11 Nov. 2025
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Psychoanalysis licensed his candor, but the audience didn’t always join him on the couch.—
David Denby,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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Also on the second floor is a gallery space for sculpture, plus a spacious guest room furnished as a den.—
Mark David,
Robb Report,
11 Nov. 2025
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Dogs are naturally den animals who will gravitate toward a small, secure place to curl up in.—
Madeline Gunderson,
USA Today,
9 Nov. 2025
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But the production of new types of slop widens the on‑ramps, allowing more people to participate—just as the Internet and social media birthed bunk but also new kinds of creators.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
8 Nov. 2025
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Tucked away in the rear corner on the opposite end of the trailer, the bunk room features a pair of bunk beds for the kids, along with a set of stairs up to the upper bunk.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 Nov. 2025
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Hours later, after dodging cow patties the size of dinner plates and gaping holes leading to marmot burrows, the locations are chosen and the traps are set.—
Glenn Zorpette,
IEEE Spectrum,
4 Nov. 2025
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Understanding Cluster Flies Cluster flies lay eggs in cracks in the soil in fields and gardens near the entrance to earthworm burrows.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Lair.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lair. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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