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[skuhlk] / skʌlk /


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Each of these resorts has an undersea restaurant, where travelers can sip sparkling wine and eat crab and caviar as Rainbowfish flit by, and Blacktip sharks skulk in the distance.

From Salon • Dec. 27, 2025

You could skulk back to the Other Place.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 29, 2024

Late winter sunlight casts long shadows from workers crossing the parking lot, where stray cats skulk among the cars.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2024

It’s a classic safari moment: A lion stands over a fresh carcass while hyenas skulk at the periphery, heads low.

From National Geographic • Feb. 8, 2024

I wait until the three of them return to Owen’s room to tear it apart again, then skulk out the back door.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan




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