hide-and-seek
noun
: a children's game in which one player does not look while others hide and then goes to find them
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Finding them in concentrations high enough to mine efficiently is a global game of hide-and-seek.
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 11 June 2026
Three children who were playing hide-and-seek spotted a cat floating on the surface of the water in the garden of an unoccupied semi-detached home.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026
There were cardboard boxes strewn around the entirety of the house, and Ellie and Oscar were crawling in and out of them, playing hide-and-seek.
—Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
His moral alignment matters when control of the world hinges on the outcome of the latest lethal game of hide-and-seek.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 23 Mar. 2026
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 11 June 2026
Three children who were playing hide-and-seek spotted a cat floating on the surface of the water in the garden of an unoccupied semi-detached home.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026
There were cardboard boxes strewn around the entirety of the house, and Ellie and Oscar were crawling in and out of them, playing hide-and-seek.
—Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
His moral alignment matters when control of the world hinges on the outcome of the latest lethal game of hide-and-seek.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 23 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for hide-and-seek
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“Hide-and-seek.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hide-and-seek. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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