verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
about
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It lurks about as a familiar presence.
around
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He knew Bishop was lurking around somewhere, but the Adjudicator presented no danger he couldn't anticipate.
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Were they truly new or had they been lurking around before?
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Other hazards lurk around every corner like people jumping from bridges, swimming in dangerous areas, and incompetent boat handlers.
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A lethal charge that lurked around the next junction?
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I have a bunch of hoods lurking around some corner wanting ten thousand pounds that I have not got.
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I could hardly send Tam and Richie back here unsupervised tomorrow, especially not with Mr McCrindle lurking around .
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But then, instead of making a hasty retreat, they lurked around the airfield buildings to wait for the explosions.
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Pay off as much of the mortgage as possible, plus any outstanding embarrassments lurking around one's Access account; 4.
in
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However, evidence has shown that there may be a silent long-term killer lurking in almost every room.
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All sorts of disaster lurked in otherwise simple-seeming jobs.
somewhere
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They would lurk somewhere within a system of tunnels; no good: explosions anywhere in the tunnel would reach them.
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He knew that the golfer who could make such a shot still lurked somewhere within him.
still
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Even recent liberalisation has failed to dispel deep-seated suspicions that discrimination still lurks beneath the surface.
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He knew that the golfer who could make such a shot still lurked somewhere within him.
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But danger still lurks for the Tories.
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That's a shame, for within its dissolving form there still lurks a Lancia flame of surprising intensity.
there
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They understand the dangers that lurk there , the balance between survival and extinction.
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He had the distinct feeling that he really did not want to see whatever was lurking there .
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I knew that they must be lurking there somewhere.
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If any murderer lurked there , they would have to cover the ground and he had brought something special.
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This was to rid Glasgow's Arches of rats and mice and any other pests that were lurking there .
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He was still there lurking behind her in the corridor, waiting to pounce, hoping to catch her out.
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Nevertheless behind the traditional concepts there lurked a marked change.
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A faint tinkle of metal told me that Shep was lurking there in his kennel and I slowed my steps.
■ NOUN
background
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There are many others like him, lurking in the background when they should be centre stage.
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But always lurking in the background are Frankie McCarthy and his gang.
corner
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Other hazards lurk around every corner like people jumping from bridges, swimming in dangerous areas, and incompetent boat handlers.
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Bottomless shadows lurk in every corner of this artfully arranged, black-and-white nightmare, hinting at horrors left unseen.
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But even more of a reprieve was lurking round the corner .
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It reminds us that death and destruction are lurking just around the corner .
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Thérèse lurked in the corner , kneeling, hands clasped.
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I have a bunch of hoods lurking around some corner wanting ten thousand pounds that I have not got.
danger
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But everyone can immediately realize what enormous dangers lurk behind the application of such criteria to man.
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But danger lurks behind this trend.
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She'd feel safer trapped in a cave, with some dark formless danger lurking in the shadows.
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She was actually becoming quite blase about the dangers lurking on their travels.
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He was monumental in defence, arriving with clattering stealth whenever danger lurked in front of Stefan Klos.
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They understand the dangers that lurk there, the balance between survival and extinction.
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Many unforeseen dangers may be lurking in the wings.
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But danger still lurks for the Tories.
shadow
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She'd feel safer trapped in a cave, with some dark formless danger lurking in the shadows .
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Slaughter and torture declared by judges as the law lurk in the shadows of our history.
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And lurking nearby in the shadows are the economic pressures so much discussed nowadays, from job insecurity to declining real wages.
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It was not that I expected some one to hurt me or that I thought there were dangerous things lurking in the shadows .
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I lurk in shadows and them in me.
surface
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Even recent liberalisation has failed to dispel deep-seated suspicions that discrimination still lurks beneath the surface .
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The water seemed peaceful and inviting and it was hard to believe there might be something lurking beneath its surface .
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What hidden tensions lurk beneath the present surface ?
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The better career for you is lurking beneath the surface just like that wonderful painting, waiting to be discovered.
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It lurks just under the surface close to the shore off the South coast of Mull near the feared Torran Rocks.
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Even this may still leave some hidden agendas lurking beneath the surface .
■ VERB
see
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He had the distinct feeling that he really did not want to see whatever was lurking there.
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On the nights previous to the murder he had been seen lurking outside party headquarters.
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Real racism is bad enough: there's no need to see it lurking everywhere.
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She didn't see the figure lurking behind the shrubbery until it had stepped out and was almost on top of her.
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Alarmed, she thought she saw a black man lurking just behind her.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(waiting/lurking) in the wings
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He stopped by on his night off, was let in the stage door, and stood in the wings .
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None the less, there are always people waiting in the wings to discredit a positive image.
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On Concorde, though, the engines are embedded in the wings , next to the fuel tanks.
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Platt has had to wait in the wings because he is one of four foreign players fighting for the permitted three places.
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The local chapter leaders waiting in the wings seemed upset.
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There were no wealthy aunts or uncles waiting in the wings .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Racism continues to lurk in the heart of American society.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Arthur said, without explaining what he meant: could Godzilla be lurking in there?
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But below the mirror images of arts and architecture lurks the threat of extinction - Venice is in Peril.
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Few people realised it, but beneath Simon's confident and charming exterior lurked a mass of insecurities.
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It was late afternoon, with the darkness already lurking in the comers, when he went in.
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She couldn't see his expression but it didn't take a fool to realise that distaste and contempt must lurk there.
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Tied around his neck was a solid black scarf that hinted at a beatnik spirit lurking beneath the formality.
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We can not, we will not succumb to the dark impulses that lurk in the far regions of the soul everywhere.
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Were they truly new or had they been lurking around before?