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as in hideout
a place where a person goes to hide or to avoid others
the detectives tracked the thieves to their lair and arrested them
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as in bed
British dialect
a place set aside for sleeping
while he was on the road, he used the back compartment of his lorry as his lair
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Recent Examples of lair
What if the bar took the form of a gothic medieval lair meets rock-and-roll club?
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Elise Taylor, Vogue, 16 Jan. 2025
Today, the cave is a hot dining destination with patrons reserving tables months in advance to have a meal in the limestone lair.
—Caitlin Palumbo, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
The supervillain is defeated by Superman and Batman in his lair.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
There are no elaborate lairs where the spies do their business; characters just meet in restaurants or cars.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
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Elise Taylor, Vogue, 16 Jan. 2025
Today, the cave is a hot dining destination with patrons reserving tables months in advance to have a meal in the limestone lair.
—Caitlin Palumbo, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
The supervillain is defeated by Superman and Batman in his lair.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
There are no elaborate lairs where the spies do their business; characters just meet in restaurants or cars.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lair
Noun
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Based on a true story, a father and son in a warzone hospital face life-or-death choices as their hideout becomes increasingly compromised.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
29 Apr. 2025
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When Joe secures an isolated, off-the-grid lake house as their temporary hideout, Bronte realizes time is running out.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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That means sea turtle nests need to be marked before any seaweed cleanups can begin in Miami Beach, considered a crucial nesting habitat for loggerhead, green and leatherback sea turtles.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2025
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While the storms destroyed the original nest, the eagle parents had begun building a secondary nest in the same tree in 2024.—
Michael Nied,
People.com,
28 Apr. 2025
Noun
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And finally, Wingate points out that sometimes, a bed frame has run its course.—
Louryn Strampe,
Wired News,
3 May 2025
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On May 3, the parents put their kids to bed and had dinner with friends at a restaurant less than 200 feet away.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
3 May 2025
Noun
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The house was filled with physical evidence: A bloody palm print.—
Gina Barton,
USA Today,
2 May 2025
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Macro trends don’t look favorable either, with high interest rates reducing demand for houses nationwide and the tariff war threatening to add thousands of dollars to the cost of building materials.—
Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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Investigators found that multiple fires had been intentionally set throughout the house, one on the couch in the living room, one on a chair in an upstairs bedroom and one at the center of the bed in another upstairs bedroom, police said.—
Staff Reports,
Hartford Courant,
1 May 2025
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At their playdate, the dogs' owners set them on the couch together.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
Noun
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As with the living room, the den features large expanses of glass with beautiful views and built-ins that include a desk.—
James Alexander,
Hartford Courant,
27 Apr. 2025
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The den is located on undisclosed private property in Colorado, where hundreds of rattlesnakes are expected to emerge in May, according to Owen Bachhuber, a California Polytechnic State University graduate student who helps run Project RattleCam.—
Erin Udell,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Where to stay Graduate by Hilton, just steps from Virginia Commonwealth University, has a rooftop pool and family suites with a king-size bed in one room and bunks in the other.—
Ashlea Halpern,
AFAR Media,
29 Apr. 2025
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But the sun-drenched former tourist hub is nonetheless feeling the effects, as tens of thousands of refugees fleeing the gangs’ terror bunk with family and friends in this sleepy remote corner of Haiti.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
27 Apr. 2025
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In the rocky and sandy terrain of the Arabian peninsula, a dangerous creature lurks just below the surface in a burrow.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
18 Apr. 2025
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The tortoises seem to be digging their burrows at higher elevations than normal.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Lair.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lair. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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