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lurk

[lurk] / lɜrk /


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These grandmothers have loads of experience, and some wisdom to go with it, but they do not lurk in the background waiting for their cue to dispense it.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

Cyberattacks External link that lurk around every corner.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

He completely avoids the TV cameras and photographers who lurk around Whitehall at times of political crisis.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026

Yet while this theme — dubbed the “TACO trade” by some — encourages dip-buying, it may also be leaving investors too complacent about new sources of volatility that could lurk on the horizon in 2026.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 17, 2026

They lurk around a corner as he rushes through the engineering department at MIT, checks his campus mail.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri




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