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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Shortly after becoming husband and wife, Grace milks another loophole in the hide-and-seek rulebook and slays Titus, thereby sending the rest of the High Council to slaughter at the hands of their demonic overlord, Le Bail.
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Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 23 Mar. 2026
The follow-up film, starring Samara Weaving and Kathryn Newton as sisters who attempt to survive another diabolical game of hide-and-seek, carries a nearly $20 million price tag.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 22 Mar. 2026
Did the screenwriters toss around a dozen other playground games — killer dodgeball, killer cornhole, killer freeze tag — before sticking with the same hide-and-seek set-up?
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
Its theme — that the rich are different, and in not-good ways — meant she’d be forced into a ritualistic game of hide-and-seek, running for her life from her devil-worshipping, masters-of-the-world in-laws.
—Michael Ordoña, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2026
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Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 23 Mar. 2026
The follow-up film, starring Samara Weaving and Kathryn Newton as sisters who attempt to survive another diabolical game of hide-and-seek, carries a nearly $20 million price tag.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 22 Mar. 2026
Did the screenwriters toss around a dozen other playground games — killer dodgeball, killer cornhole, killer freeze tag — before sticking with the same hide-and-seek set-up?
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
Its theme — that the rich are different, and in not-good ways — meant she’d be forced into a ritualistic game of hide-and-seek, running for her life from her devil-worshipping, masters-of-the-world in-laws.
—Michael Ordoña, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2026
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“Hide-and-seek.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hide-and-seek. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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