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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
Some animals build burrows by collecting supplies and creating a den.
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Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
Lyle and Erik fatally shot their parents, José and Kitty Menendez, 14 times as the couple watched TV in the den of their Beverly Hills home on August 20, 1989.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
The Arizona Humane Society and local fire department initially attempted to recover Lucy but were unable to navigate the den's depth and twists.
—Skylar Heisey, The Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 2024
The couple had been gunned down in the den of their Beverly Hills home.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 9 Nov. 2024
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Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
Lyle and Erik fatally shot their parents, José and Kitty Menendez, 14 times as the couple watched TV in the den of their Beverly Hills home on August 20, 1989.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
The Arizona Humane Society and local fire department initially attempted to recover Lucy but were unable to navigate the den's depth and twists.
—Skylar Heisey, The Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 2024
The couple had been gunned down in the den of their Beverly Hills home.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 9 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for den
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The mega-billionaire then turns Mt. Whitney into his lair, calling it Mt. Mar-a-Lago.Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
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The huge back room, however, looks like a mad scientist’s lair, with an 80-foot-long white tank, other tanks that look like giant washtubs, tons of glowing electronic equipment, and elaborate pipes and cabling.Steven Levy, WIRED, 25 Oct. 2024
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The family appreciated the place as a hideout, remembered Dylan’s local fix-it-man at the time, Michael Leshner.Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 6 Dec. 2024
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For decades, travelers have been able to see the Frank family’s hideout by visiting the Anne Frank House, a biographical museum created in the 1950s in collaboration with her father, Otto Frank.Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
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Most Unusual Feature: The rising crow’s nest that lifts above the yacht.Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 23 Dec. 2024
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Takahe are monogamous, forming long-term pair bonds, and raise a single chick per season, carefully guarding their nests hidden in dense vegetation.Scott Travers, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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Feral cats usually try to stay away from houses and people, and often have an ear tip to shows that they've been neutered and returned.Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
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In April 2023, a six-person cohort gathered at Laverty’s house in West London armed with ingredients, and began cooking different recipes out of Ina Garten's Barefoot Contessa: How Easy Is That?Andrew Zucker, Glamour, 26 Dec. 2024
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Why getting rid of it is so difficult Preserving the Big Chino Grasslands Hidden within the sea of native grass, prairie dogs pop in and out of their burrows catching glimpses of a red tail hawk circling in the distance.John Leos, The Arizona Republic, 2 Dec. 2024
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At least two other wild turkeys have called Manhattan their home in the last few decades, but the animals are more often found in the only slightly less busy burrows of the Bronx and Staten Island.Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Den.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/den. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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