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as in to hide
to remain out of sight
the animal control officers caught the stray cat that had been skulking behind some trash cans
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Recent Examples of skulk
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
20 Jan. 2026
One roach skulked under a food prep table.
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David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
12 Dec. 2025
The Serious-Minded Coach would hide behind the cloak of plausible deniability and let his agent do the dirty work before skulking out of town to his next gig.
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Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
28 Nov. 2025
Soon after My Bloody Valentine skulked into the Wembley Arena spotlights, the initial roar of some 12,000 fans abated.
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Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
28 Nov. 2025
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Verb
This leaves Stephen skulking away to plot his revenge some other way.
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Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
20 Jan. 2026
One roach skulked under a food prep table.
—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
12 Dec. 2025
The Serious-Minded Coach would hide behind the cloak of plausible deniability and let his agent do the dirty work before skulking out of town to his next gig.
—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
28 Nov. 2025
Soon after My Bloody Valentine skulked into the Wembley Arena spotlights, the initial roar of some 12,000 fans abated.
—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
28 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skulk
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For Lestat, embracing the loneliness has an immediate reaction on the muses lurking in the crowds at his show.
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Jamon has left the past behind, but danger still lurks.
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Turns out, a kid brought in with gunshot wounds died in that room the same night, and a final look at the security footage shows a mysterious third man — clearly hiding his face from all cameras under a label-less baseball cap — entering the same room around the same time as Ji.
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Stealth jurors — those who hide their true biases to influence a verdict — could pose a serious problem for prosecutors in either of Mangione's cases, Rahmani said.
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Wolverines — the sturdy animals in the images the national forest shared online — are the largest members of the mustelid family, which includes species of badgers, otters and weasels.
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The little animals that will come to be emblematic of the 2026 Games are stoats, extremely cute critters that in real life are related to the weasel and the otter.
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Argentina won the last World Cup after losing its opener to lowly Saudi Arabia, Portugal won Euro 2016 after sneaking into the knockouts following three draws in the group stage and Spain won the 2010 World Cup after losing its opening match to Switzerland.
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Steer snuck a slow roller under the glove of the second baseman Chisholm, and as Steer surged to second, José Caballero — who moved from left field to center field an inning earlier — came up throwing.
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Pakistan lies along an active seismic zone and is frequently affected by earthquakes.
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On the other side of the country lies Vancouver, a nature-centric metropolis framed by the Pacific Ocean and the rugged North Shore Mountains.
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Because spotted skunks are relatively rare in California wildlife rehabilitation centers and in the surrounding area, there were no other skunks of his kind available to keep him company.
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The fall is an especially busy time for skunks.
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Each club assembled a roster of ten athletes through a snake draft, selecting equal numbers of men and women.
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Look, snakes of a feather flock together.
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“Skulk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skulk. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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