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Recent Examples of slinksAnne slinks off with her husband.—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025 Route 128 slinks through the folds of Anderson Valley like a slow river, past vineyards clinging to hillsides and orchards heavy with apple blossoms come spring.—Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
When a strange man lurks around the school asking supposedly innocent questions and the principal receives a severed human finger in the mail, the community is in an uproar.
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Lexy Perez,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Mar. 2026
Binary neutron stars have long been considered the best bet for deciphering what lurks within.
But some sunlight still sneaks through Earth’s atmosphere, bends around the planet and lands on the moon.
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Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
3 Mar. 2026
Benedict is still all in with love, convincingly enough that Sophie sneaks back to her room, glowing and grinning, with the drawing of Our Cottage clutched in her hands.