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lair

[lair] / lɛər /


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Ownership of the Grinch’s likeness is guarded as jealously as the villain protects his lair: Dr. Seuss Enterprises holds the rights to the children’s book, Warner Bros.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 25, 2025

"The suction boots which appear in his first book, The Gremlins, and his last book, Billy and the Minpins, also make an appearance when Sean Connery's Bond is descending into Blofeld's volcano lair," he said.

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2025

That excludes costs for the large Lego mosaic she commissioned for outside the basement room that’s become her Lego lair.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 3, 2025

He’s retreated to his lair and he is letting his lawyers do all of the dirty work.

From Slate • Feb. 11, 2025

To her, this would be the moment that a young woman—nameless, no kids—was caught up in the lair of a vile djinn.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri




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