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lurk

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lurk

To view the interaction in a chat room or online forum without participating by typing in any comments. See de-lurk.
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When we came down to drink I knew that no danger lurked near upon this side of the water hole, for else the zebras would have discovered it and fled before we came; but upon the other side toward which the wind blows danger might lie concealed.
This must be the burrow where the stranger lurked. At last my foot was on the threshold of his hiding place--his secret was within my grasp.
I WOULD suggest that Arrive Alive or GoSafe vans who lurk in hidden, opportune roadside positions in order to collect revenue - sorry, in the interest of road safety - instead of pouncing on the average, moderate driver whose speed inadvertently creeps a couple of miles and hour over the limit, would do worse than to do their lurking in Llanfairpwll in the evening when the boy racers use the roads as skid pans and race tracks.
Today, it is also the algorithms and data analytics that lurk, taking on the mode of knowing developed by the conceptual persona of the lurker.
There are moments of serious psychological debate but it's really all about the terrors that lurk for the innocent sleeper.
Fear and unimaginable horrors lurk around every corner and in every shadow of The Evil Within.
Mark my words, in years to come we'll have to lurk down dark alleys making seedy deals just to get our hands on a pound of Cumberland and a beefburger.
The largest variety lurk in the center of most galaxies, says Suvi Gezari, an astronomer at the California Institute of Technology.
This an effective and very strongly recommended 77 page training manual that could very well save your life when out on the streets, traversing parking lots or garages, recreating in a park, or anywhere else that assailants could lurk.
Dancers with elastic limbs lurk in releve and slap at each other's elongated bodies.
Visitors will be able to discover hygiene hotspots and see where the nasties lurk in our homes.
But a much more realistic and just as dangerous hazard may lurk beneath the waves.
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