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 The Spurs superstar lurks down low near the basket, allowing guards to pressure aggressively on the perimeter. — Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026 Clements sets the scene with lively pop music and excellent period-specific costuming, though darkness lurks beneath the funky 1970s groove. — Marya E. Gates, IndieWire, 13 Sep. 2026 The legend begins with Cardellini’s Voorhees, as something still lurks in the woods, only knowing how to kill. — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2026 But in the brave heart of this fictional protagonist, there lurks a righteous threshing machine, ripe for a Great Rebellion in writer-director Paul Greengrass’ latest feature. — Michael Phillips, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026 His line of work has taught him that danger lurks everywhere. — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026 Enjoy this underappreciated gem—just beware the Frogman, who lurks in Stephen’s mind and on every page. — Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026 But a bigger story lurks deeper in Tuesday’s numbers that could spell trouble for Republicans in November. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026 Georgia lurks as well — Kirby Smart seems to coach up a menacing defense every year. — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lurks
  1. sneaks
  2. hides
  3. slips
  4. lies
Verb
  • Owen Wilson plays an overprotective dad who sneaks his 13-year-old son (Christian Convery) into the festival.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The titular bed trick refers to the literary device, beloved by Shakespeare and by opera buffa, in which a lover sneaks into a bed and, under cover of darkness, is taken for someone else.
    — S. C. Cornell, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of sneaks
Verb
  • In an indirect prompt injection, an attacker hides instructions in content an AI agent will come across while doing a task—a web page or a forum post, for instance—hoping to hijack the agent.
    — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
  • In regulated work, the gap between a miss and a false certainty is enormous, and a single accuracy number hides it.
    — Murali Rajendran, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of hides
Verb
  • With one entity in charge, no community slips through the cracks.
    — Neil Chatterjee, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The suit claims the development extends beyond the existing Seaquarium site and into Biscayne Bay, where Resilient Aquarium LLC plans to build more than 300 boat slips that do not currently exist.
    — Abby Dodge, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of slips
Verb
  • South Korean officials have said North Korea's recent border activities have highlighted the Koreas' disagreement over exactly where the military demarcation line lies.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
  • To be fair, the fault here lies equally with the scripts, which dump information without first creating suspense.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026
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“Lurks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lurks. Accessed 26 Oct. 2026.

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