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Backstage, Swisher said, Gates “skulked into the green room,” nursing his wounds after being equated to Satan.

Unlike earlier generations of royals who skulked in and out of the hospital alone, Charles left his recent treatment with Camilla by his side, providing the support most people would expect from their spouses.

People skulked down the iron staircases and slipped out of shadowy elevators headed for the shops.

The eleventh-hour deal to avoid a U.S. government shutdown, struck over the weekend, lifted U.S. stock futures in Asia overnight but they skulked back to almost flat in Europe.

An apparently unhappy Suarez skulked about in a couple of friendlies, but ultimately stayed at Liverpool, rather than submit a formal transfer request to up Arsenal's ante.