lurking
Example Sentences
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He said while he hasn’t done any analyses of the Central Valley fog during this latest event, it’s not hard to imagine what could be lurking in the droplets.
From Los Angeles Times
She dreamt of climbing a ladder up to heaven, with an enormous snake lurking beneath it.
The film plays in much the same space—beautiful people in gorgeous surroundings with violence lurking just under the surface—as last year’s screen version of the Colleen Hoover novel “It Ends With Us.”
"Nationwide failed to get a proper grip of the financial crime risks lurking within its customer base," said Therese Chambers, joint executive director of enforcement and market oversight at the FCA.
From BBC
At one point, she even compares herself to a "pilot flying a plane", needing to project an air of steady confidence to distract the passengers from focusing on potential dangers that may be lurking unseen.
From BBC
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