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lurk

[lurk] / lɜrk /


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The roots of hatred run deep in our country, and always lurk just beneath the surface.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

What is true today, as potential bidders for the Dodgers lurk and coalesce amid L.A.’s turn at uncertainty, is that the Padres have an energetic and effervescent couple as their new principal owners.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

Their formation in markets often suggest further price declines lurk on the horizon.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026

James noted the large increase in fuel prices underscored "potential threats that still lurk for consumers and businesses", and the UK should brace for higher inflation.

From BBC ● May 20, 2026

Dark shapes lurk beneath the surface of the water, but I can also see an open space.

From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart

Somewhere in your house probably lurks a book, an accessory or an appliance you may not have bought if Winfrey hadn’t given it her seal of approval.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

While the show doesn’t confront it directly, Simpson also said the “specter of AIDS” lurks in the background for the teens who “think they’re invincible.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

While some of the AI momentum paused Wednesday, good luck finding anyone who thinks an end to the AI spending spree lurks on the horizon.

From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026

It suggests that no other irreversible power to immunize lurks in the Constitution’s silences.

From Slate ● May 26, 2026

“Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows.”

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

Beneath those questions lurked a growing suspicion that the orders had something to do with artificial-intelligence companies’ insatiable need for new content to train their large language models.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

Both suffered outages on Thursday afternoon as Tropical Cyclone Narelle lurked off the coast of Western Australia.

From Barron's ● Mar. 27, 2026

It turned out to be a freshly bricked-up doorway – an attempt to hide what lurked behind.

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2025

When it comes to agritourism, corn mazes once lurked in the shadows of pumpkin patches, U-pick berry operations and apple orchard hayrides.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2024

Yet an ugliness often lurked beneath the reformist zeal of Progressivism.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

Also known as grabblers or hand-fishermen, noodlers use their own bare limbs as bait to catch enormous flathead catfish lurking in Southern and Midwestern rivers, creeks, and lakes.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Others say its ancient black holes lurking throughout space.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

Critics warn of another potential “Lehman Brothers” moment lurking around the corner for AI, while “Big Short” investor Michael Burry predicted in August a 1987-style fall for the stock market.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

Rheinmetall has been making ammo since before World War I, and presumably its factories produced their fair share of the shells still lurking in Germany’s soil.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

“Ophelia! You should be asleep, girl. What’s got you lurking about this time of night? Did you have a nightmare?”

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland




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