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as in hideouts
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 beds
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 lairs
These involve raiding the lairs of hoodlum rivals, then singlehandedly dissuading them from competition.
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
Dennis Harvey, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lairs
Noun
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There was no immediate comment from Pakistan, which repeatedly has said its military only targets Afghan posts and militant hideouts.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Mar. 2026
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Frontiers are already porous here, crossed by smuggling routes, refugee trails and militant hideouts.—
Mihir Sharma,
Twin Cities,
8 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Birds are outfitting their nests with cigarette butts.—
Rachel Brodsky,
Rolling Stone,
3 Apr. 2026
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What’s driving the surge Life transitions in your 40s and 50s — empty nests, divorce, career pivots or simply reclaiming personal freedom — are sparking the desire to travel solo.—
Lauren Schuster,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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For families Little children are catered to with cots, high chairs, roll-away beds, family swimming time in the pool, and the guest relations team offers movie nights for children in the room, soft toys, games and baby-sitting.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Apr. 2026
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This mattress size is typically used for children’s beds and bunk beds.—
Sharon Brandwein,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Wolves typically establish their dens in April, limiting their movement.—
Meg Wingerter,
Denver Post,
30 Mar. 2026
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Right under our noses, coyotes (Canis latrans) may be building dens and having litters of pups.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
19 Mar. 2026
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ZooAmerica, which is located inside Hersheypark, is an 11-acre zoo that houses animals found in North America.—
Alexandra Simon,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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Haubrich intends to build a new street to be called Eastwood Circle that would have access off Handel, 17 of the houses would have driveways connecting to Eastwood.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In an adjacent room is a lounge space with emerald panels, oak bookshelves and velvet couches.—
Paige Reddinger,
Robb Report,
3 Apr. 2026
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For months, Robber Robber crashed on the couches of friends and fellow artists, including Greg Freeman and Lily Seabird, before eventually climbing into an unused attic for temporary shelter.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
3 Apr. 2026
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In the lowland areas that include Los Angeles, rattlesnakes have underground burrows that are home to one or maybe two snakes, Taylor said.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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Photos and video show the explorers squeezing through jagged crevices deep inside the karsts, using flashlights to guide them further along an otherwise pitch-black maze of rocky burrows.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Lairs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lairs. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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