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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
The unit has two bathrooms, nine-foot ceilings, a multi-purpose den and a kitchen with all-new stainless steel Bosch appliances.
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Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2025
After a den of thieves ransacked a rural Northern California home so many times that the owner fled in fear, the property fell into even wilder hands: a group of bears, authorities said.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025
Photo : Jeremy Spann for Sotheby’s International Realty A cozy den includes the etched wood details around the walls.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 17 June 2025
The pack of adult wolves hunted the calf and brought it back to the den to feed the pups, according to the study authors.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 14 June 2025
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Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2025
After a den of thieves ransacked a rural Northern California home so many times that the owner fled in fear, the property fell into even wilder hands: a group of bears, authorities said.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025
Photo : Jeremy Spann for Sotheby’s International Realty A cozy den includes the etched wood details around the walls.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 17 June 2025
The pack of adult wolves hunted the calf and brought it back to the den to feed the pups, according to the study authors.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 14 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for den
Noun
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Julie then said something about the mastermind's lair exploding, and, before commercial break, the show naturally flashed a fake shot of a lair exploding out in the wilderness.—
David Wysong,
The Enquirer,
11 July 2025
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In October, after more than five months of searching, Michelle forwarded a Scrim sighting a few blocks from my house, near a quiet brickyard that Tammy suspected of being his lair.—
David W. Brown,
New Yorker,
5 July 2025
Noun
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To fight an elusive enemy operating clandestinely at night and from hideouts deep in swamps and jungles, the U.S. military turned to environmental modification technologies.—
Pamela McElwee,
The Conversation,
28 Apr. 2025
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While Pakistani security forces frequently target TTP hideouts in the restive northwest and elsewhere, such operations in Kashmir are rare.—
Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports,
Arkansas Online,
30 May 2025
Noun
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Stay away from the nest for at least a day. Nests that are located in out-of-the-way spots, such as the back of your property, don’t need to be destroyed.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
11 July 2025
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Earlier studies found that more than 35 percent of loggerhead eggs were preyed upon within nests at Ningaloo, including 80 percent at one single rookery.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
10 July 2025
Noun
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The cat spooks, darting under a pile of debris that was once a house.—
Kat Lonsdorf,
NPR,
12 July 2025
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Meanwhile, videos circulating on social media show a house being swept up in the surge in Ruidoso as rushing waters tore through previously burn-scarred terrain from wildfires.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 July 2025
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Cicadas’ burrow holes allow water to irrigate the soil, bringing nutrients down to plant roots and preventing run-off, Kritsky said.—
Sarah Henry,
The Courier-Journal,
8 July 2025
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The first webcam will be fixed on the puffin burrows.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
15 May 2025
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“Den.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/den. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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