lurks

verb

present tense third-person singular of lurk
1
as in sneaks
to move about in a sly or secret manner we caught a glimpse of someone lurking around the corner

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2
as in hides
to remain out of sight watch out for snakes lurking in the tall grass

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Recent Examples of lurks But amid the crooning local singers and walks down memory lane, trouble lurks. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 29 July 2026 But now, China lurks just offstage, preparing to bring the steel era’s industrial logic back into the story, using scale, subsidies and price pressure to test how durable today’s AI fortunes really are. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 July 2026 Those combinations are concentrated through the middle, where Messi generally lurks, with Argentina directing a smaller share of their passing towards the flanks than any other team. — Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 20 July 2026 In Elliott’s Connecticut, the governor would send a busload of stern but compassionate counselors to protect workers hiding in their office where a gunman lurks. — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2026 As iconography that could unify through recognition that diversity lurks in everyone, the art was truly ahead of its time, and has become more necessary than ever. — Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026 Jamon has left the past behind, but danger still lurks. — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 21 June 2026 At the heart of our home galaxy lurks a gigantic black hole that’s more than a trillion times heavier than Earth, with all that mass stuffed into a region that is about 2,000 times wider than our planet. — Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 4 June 2026 The distant rumble of the Central line is a reminder that the real world lurks outside this cosseted haven. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lurks
  1. sneaks
  2. hides
  3. slips
  4. lies
Verb
  • Andruw Jones sneaks in on his ninth year, his next-to-last try.
    — Greg Cote July 26, Miami Herald, 26 July 2026
  • And that’s where the Leonard situation sneaks into the equation.
    — Fred Katz, New York Times, 16 July 2026
Definition of sneaks
Verb
  • But mostly, the monarch persists because life’s job is to live; because within those thimble-size bodies hides a dynamo of survival that puts our most incredible machines to shame.
    — Vann R. Newkirk II, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026
  • The aggregate number hides exactly the variance that matters for risk assessment.
    — Prashanth Harshangi, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of hides
Verb
  • Every piece has its own compartment, so nothing gets knotted together, and the slim design slips easily into a weekender without taking up much space.
    — Jeaneen Russell, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026
  • Renderings show a giant Ferris wheel overlooking the skyline, a splash park that converts to an ice-skating ribbon in winter, upgrades to the Three Rivers Heritage Trail, and a marina with houseboats, day slips and a public pier.
    — Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 29 July 2026
Definition of slips
Verb
  • Throughout the course of their investigation, investigators were led to an address in Nelson, Missouri, which lies between Kansas City and Columbia.
    — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026
  • The significance lies less in the sum stolen than in the nature of the failure.
    — Susie Violet Ward, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of lies

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