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lurk

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1. lurk - Noun

2. lurk - Verb

Meaning

To lie hid; to lie in wait.

To keep out of sight.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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It is quiet and peaceful here, the air is good, there are numerous gardens, and in them nightingales sing and spies lurk under the bushes. Maxim Gorky

The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding. Louis Brandeis

And the air was full of Thoughts and Things to Say. But at times like these, only the Small Things are ever said. Big Things lurk unsaid inside. Arundhati Roy

I think he's handling it with grace. A lot of teenage boys would sulk, or lurk around under your window with a boom box. Cassandra Clare

Beginnings are sudden, but also insidious. They creep up on you sideways, they keep to the shadows, they lurk unrecognized. Then, later, they spring. Margaret Atwood

Leopards lurk in dark corners. Nigerian Proverb

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