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as in hideouts
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 beds
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 lairs
These involve raiding the lairs of hoodlum rivals, then singlehandedly dissuading them from competition.
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
Dennis Harvey, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lairs
Noun
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The water, too, was wild—the Allegheny and its tributaries had yet to be dammed, and Flag Swamp was noted as one of the last hideouts for beavers in the state.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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One of the regional officials said strikes by Saudi Arabia targeted hideouts of Iraqi militias, mainly Kataib Hezbollah, after Riyadh assessed that most of the drone attacks on Saudi Arabia came from neighboring Iraq.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 May 2026
Noun
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Ensuring your porch is unwelcoming by relocating bird baths or feeders and trimming nearby trees can prevent birds from making nests.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
13 June 2026
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According to the Georgia Department of Agriculture, early detection and removal of these nests is key to stopping the development of larger secondary nests later in the season.—
Christopher Harris,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
Noun
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Booking a hotel in your own town pairs the familiarity of being close to home with the luxury of someone else making the beds.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
13 June 2026
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With the growing interest in sustainable living and home gardening, raised garden beds have become increasingly popular due to their versatility and practicality.—
SJ McShane,
Martha Stewart,
13 June 2026
Noun
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These are important tools used for both feeding and building their dens and digging for other menu items such as mice, gophers, voles and shrews.—
Ernie Cowan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 June 2026
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My favorite book Tracking and the Art of Seeing taught you how to read animal signs, how to find claw marks on trees and dens in hollow logs.—
Emeline Atwood,
PEOPLE,
31 May 2026
Noun
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The generation that rode cheap college, rising home prices, and the 401(k) revolution into late career was expected to bow out gracefully, freeing up houses and jobs for their kids and grandkids.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
7 June 2026
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Flames were seen coming out of the top of one of the houses as crews tried to put out the fire.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
7 June 2026
Noun
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Starlink is a communications network already in orbit, with some of its most strategically important customers in defense, maritime and aviation, not only on living-room couches.—
Robert J. Szczerba,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
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The plan was for Wetzel to play a handful of tunes off the LP, which dropped on Friday, before settling into a series of handshakes and selfies with a crowd that mingled at cocktail tables and velvet couches.—
Josh Crutchmer,
Rolling Stone,
12 June 2026
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Hedgehog burrows and transit routes.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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Prairie massasaugas are a subspecies of the western massasaugas and are endangered in Missouri, living in wet prairies or bottomlands with lots of crayfish burrows and grass.—
Sophie Lindberg,
Kansas City Star,
10 June 2026
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“Lairs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lairs. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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