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as in hideout
a place where a person goes to hide or to avoid others
the detectives tracked the thieves to their lair and arrested them
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as in bed
British dialect
a place set aside for sleeping
while he was on the road, he used the back compartment of his lorry as his lair
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Recent Examples of lair
The infected spiders leave their usual webbed lairs, move to more open spaces, and ultimately die while clinging to cave ceilings or walls.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
Unlike most of the relatively flat Dakota prairie, the Missouri breaks that make up much of Sutton Bay’s landscape create an assortment of coulees with cattail bottoms, perfect lairs to hide the shifty late-season pheasants.
—Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
There are no elaborate lairs where the spies do their business; characters just meet in restaurants or cars.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
Betty Lin-Fisher doesn't have a lair up on a mountain or a dog who assists her in stealing the heart of Christmas.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
Unlike most of the relatively flat Dakota prairie, the Missouri breaks that make up much of Sutton Bay’s landscape create an assortment of coulees with cattail bottoms, perfect lairs to hide the shifty late-season pheasants.
—Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
There are no elaborate lairs where the spies do their business; characters just meet in restaurants or cars.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
Betty Lin-Fisher doesn't have a lair up on a mountain or a dog who assists her in stealing the heart of Christmas.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lair
Noun
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Eventually, Ben stumbled upon a small cave — presumably the very hideout where Javi sought refuge after the terrifying Doomcoming hunt.—
Michaela Zee,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2025
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The hideout's back room, behind the red velvet curtain, was the center of the party circuit this weekend in New Orleans.—
Skyler Caruso,
People.com,
11 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Turtles likely remember magnetic conditioning for a much longer duration, Goforth noted, since most loggerheads leave their nesting beach as hatchlings and return around 20 years later to lay their first nest.—
Julianna Bragg,
CNN,
12 Feb. 2025
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His son, John, 18, and daughter, Elizabeth, quickly returned to the nest.—
Mara Bovsun,
New York Daily News,
9 Feb. 2025
Noun
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There is no bed, just some blankets and pillows lying directly on the beige carpet.—
David Peisner,
Rolling Stone,
23 Feb. 2025
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Here, any sedimentary layers that settle to the bed of the brine pool remain exquisitely intact.—
Christina Shaw,
Fox News,
21 Feb. 2025
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The crew shot on the beach, at the harbor, at the house and at Old Town in eight different looks.—
Lisa Lockwood,
WWD,
18 Feb. 2025
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Ten children grew up in this house with their cousins and relatives.—
Euan Ward,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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Find another dynamic running back Kareem Hunt, an eight-year veteran who was signed off the couch in September, was the Chiefs’ best running back last season.—
Nate Taylor,
The Athletic,
19 Feb. 2025
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During the medical mystery's January premiere episode, executive producer Craig Sweeny even found a plausible reason for Watson to take off his shirt after crashing on the office couch at Pittsburgh's Holmes Clinic.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA TODAY,
18 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Three additional bedrooms can be found on the bottom-most level, as well as a den/office and two baths dressed in the same pale hues of the kitchen.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
13 Feb. 2025
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These hard-working little creatures stockpile food in their dens for winter.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
22 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Opening with just two Airstreams, there are now seven travel trailers as well as two houses and a bunk house.—
Matthew Glowicki,
The Courier-Journal,
16 Feb. 2025
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Yet only 287 of those referrals succeeded, mainly because facilities were full or the available spots — like top bunks — were inaccessible.—
Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Feb. 2025
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The wind can sweep up spores in the loose dirt rodents leave near the mouths of burrows and carry them to nearby humans.—
ByMeredith Wadman,
science.org,
16 Jan. 2025
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Will Punxsutawney Phil emerge from his burrow and see his shadow?—
Joe Rassel,
Orlando Sentinel,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Lair.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lair. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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