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- verb Present participle of
lair .
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Examples
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We were squidding that day, out on the reef - you know how, undoubtedly, diving down the face of the wall of the reef, five fathoms, ten fathoms, any depth within reason, and shoving our squid-sticks into the likely holes and crannies of the coral where squid might be lairing.
THE PRINCESS 2010
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All the tales of monsters lairing within caves swirled into his mind then and he hesitated.
Merlin's Mirror Norton, Andre 1975
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"Well, what about a secret cult among humans, born of isolation and ignorance, lairing in the wilderness, stealing children when they can for -"
The Queen of Air and Darkness Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1973
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Merseia, rival, aggressor, troublemaker, menace lairing out beyond Betelgeuse; she'd accepted the slogans like everybody else, never stopping to think about them.
A Circus of Hells Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1969
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We were squidding that day, out on the reef - you know how, undoubtedly, diving down the face of the wall of the reef, five fathoms, ten fathoms, any depth within reason, and shoving our squid-sticks into the likely holes and crannies of the coral where squid might be lairing.
The Princess 1918
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And thro 'the drift, deep-lairing, sprattle [- sinking, scramble]
Robert Burns How To Know Him William Allan Neilson 1907
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Midfielder: It will be interesting where this goes … media reports about AFL pressure on smaller media companies … AFL respond they are lairing and we will sue.
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Midfielder: It will be interesting where this goes … media reports about AFL pressure on smaller media companies … AFL respond they are lairing and we will sue.
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Midfielder: It will be interesting where this goes … media reports about AFL pressure on smaller media companies … AFL respond they are lairing and we will sue.
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Midfielder: It will be interesting where this goes … media reports about AFL pressure on smaller media companies … AFL respond they are lairing and we will sue.
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