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slinks

verb

present tense third-person singular of slink

as in lurks

to move about in a sly or secret manner like a thief slinking about in the middle of the night

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Recent Examples of slinks Claypool’s voice, formerly a sharp and declarative figure in the mix, slinks down into silty waters, often unintelligible and almost always emotionally ambiguous. — Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 2 Aug. 2026 Anne 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 The main draws are the nods to its Soviet influence, like the metro system that slinks below the streets and the hypnotizing Hotel Uzbekistan, the city’s finest brutalist monument. — Brandon Presser, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Feb. 2020

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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

Definition of lurks

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Every round, the players put on googly-eyed glasses that obscure their vision while Sam sneaks over to tap a Spy, who removes their glasses so Sam can point out which object fits the prompt.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026
Manual friction sneaks in as systems fail to scale with growth or suffer from poor implementation.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026

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