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as in hideout
a place where a person goes to hide or to avoid others
an abandoned building that is often used as a den by the city's petty criminals
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Recent Examples of den
Some animals build burrows by collecting supplies and creating a den.
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Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
Lyle and Erik fatally shot their parents, José and Kitty Menendez, 14 times as the couple watched TV in the den of their Beverly Hills home on August 20, 1989.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
The Arizona Humane Society and local fire department initially attempted to recover Lucy but were unable to navigate the den's depth and twists.
—Skylar Heisey, The Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 2024
The couple had been gunned down in the den of their Beverly Hills home.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 9 Nov. 2024
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Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
Lyle and Erik fatally shot their parents, José and Kitty Menendez, 14 times as the couple watched TV in the den of their Beverly Hills home on August 20, 1989.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
The Arizona Humane Society and local fire department initially attempted to recover Lucy but were unable to navigate the den's depth and twists.
—Skylar Heisey, The Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 2024
The couple had been gunned down in the den of their Beverly Hills home.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 9 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for den
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Last season, the room was designed to look like a cave, but it's been revamped to look like a C-list movie supervillain's lair.Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 9 Oct. 2024
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One night, after warning Armand to steer clear of the Theatre, Louis struts into the coven’s lair and tosses gasoline on their coffins.Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 30 June 2024
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The family appreciated the place as a hideout, remembered Dylan’s local fix-it-man at the time, Michael Leshner.Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 6 Dec. 2024
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For decades, travelers have been able to see the Frank family’s hideout by visiting the Anne Frank House, a biographical museum created in the 1950s in collaboration with her father, Otto Frank.Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
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This female Red-bellied Woodpecker had been investigating this Screech Owl nest for a couple of days.Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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The scrub-jays used to nest in mid-March, but the nesting period has shifted to late February, giving snakes a longer amount of time during the spring season to feed on the nests.Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 4 Dec. 2024
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According to evidence introduced at trial, on May 29, 2023, the defendant provided alcohol to a minor female who was invited to spend the night at Hariprasad’s house by a minor female friend.Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 14 Dec. 2024
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This is evident in the house and, later, in the greater town of Macondo.Fernanda Pérez Sánchez, Vogue, 14 Dec. 2024
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The challenge from the Toronto rap juggernaut and crossover king forced his Compton counterpart to restate values and burrow into geographical specificity.Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2024
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Every year, Mojave Maxine emerges from her burrow sometime in February, and her sighting heralds warmer weather to come.Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 7 Nov. 2024
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“Den.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/den. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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