Skulking

A week later, on March 24th, for the first time since Hindus had landed in 1838, the festival could be celebrated without children “skulking” from school or adults missing a day’s pay from their jobs.

But we reserve one nickname for a very specific time each month, when Ace is more restless than usual in the daytime hours, skulking around from room to room instead of snoozing on a blanket.

With death skulking in every vital gulp of air, Margaret and her neighbours live on their nerves, scrubbing and cleaning just to try and keep the oppressive dust at bay.

Russian ships are skulking around underwater communications cables, worrying the U.S. and its allies that the Kremlin might be taking information warfare to new depths.

Skulking Geist is a good counter to it.

Well, at least they're not as bad as Nunes skulking around the Whitehouse.