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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

THE LAW IS ill equipped to deal with the latent jealousy and hidden ambitions that lurk below the surface of inheritance disputes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 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

The handheld camera prefers to lurk on the wooden side of the easel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026

There the catfish would lurk, greedy for meat.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya

Debt-aversion is a growing fear for students that lurks alongside cost-aversion, said Schraeder.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 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

That disposition lurks behind his piercing hazel-green eyes, which seem to absorb every detail of the small coffeeshop and our fellow patrons, and it’s at the heart of how he moves through the world.

From Salon ● May 15, 2026

Though he will never forget that night, it no longer lurks persistently in his mind, stalking him in the same way.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

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

Somewhere in the back of my mind lurked the memory of soy-butter corn ramen, another reminder that corn, umami, fat and slurpable carbohydrates have always gotten along beautifully.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Mar. 27, 2026

As the virus made its way over the next few months, and the capital city - along with the rest of the country - remained under a strict shutdown, tragedy lurked at every corner.

From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2025

Yet each resident had hidden terrors that lurked like sea monsters in the murky bottom of an unfathomable lagoon.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

Developers of the PHP platform on Wednesday rolled out patches to fix the vulnerabilities that had been lurking in their software for years.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Some of the most dramatic features in the gallery come from the enormous black holes lurking at the centers of galaxies.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

Also waiting — or more accurately, lurking — in the background is the brooding Col.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

It wasn’t until the 1970s that Italian art historian Rodolfo Signorini discovered that Mantegna had included his own watchful face, lurking inside trompe l’oeil foliage on a west-wall pilaster.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

But Hanako could see it, lurking behind his false smile.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata


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