skulk
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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
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
Passing sentence today, the judge said the incident was "an unfortunate by-product of the internet" where people can "skulk in the safety of their own homes".
From BBC • Sep. 29, 2023
“It was your duty to bring her here into our care. Instead, you chose to skulk in a mountain cave—though how a woman of your intelligence hoped to remain hidden is a mystery to me.”
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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