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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
Presently, my then-one-year-old son toddled into the room and proceeded to smear his sticky hands all over the walls of our den.
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Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 6 Feb. 2025
Continue east from the den to get to the poacher's camp, marked above on the map.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
Powell also shot and wounded three people in the gambling den’s patio during the chaos.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2025
Inside, there’s one bedroom, a den with a Murphy bed and a desk, two bathrooms, an open living area and an outdoor kitchen with overhead heating lamps.
—Michael Kaminer, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
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Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 6 Feb. 2025
Continue east from the den to get to the poacher's camp, marked above on the map.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
Powell also shot and wounded three people in the gambling den’s patio during the chaos.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2025
Inside, there’s one bedroom, a den with a Murphy bed and a desk, two bathrooms, an open living area and an outdoor kitchen with overhead heating lamps.
—Michael Kaminer, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for den
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But the team hypothesizes the fungus lures the spiders out of their lairs where they are exposed to circulating air currents, which helps spread its spores, said Araújo, who is also an honorary research associate at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in the United Kingdom.—
Taylor Nicioli,
CNN,
14 Feb. 2025
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The story sounds like something right out of a horror movie: this fungus hacks the brain of its host, driving the normally shy spiders out of their lairs and webs to an exposed surface.—
Michael Irving,
New Atlas,
2 Feb. 2025
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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
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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
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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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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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“Den.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/den. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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