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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Having been warned that a former child prodigy is coming to town, Salieri first happens to spy Mozart playing a naughty game of hide-and-seek with his wife-to-be, Constanze Weber (Lauren Worsham), in and out of her skirt.
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Chris Willman, Variety, 27 Feb. 2026
The agency also needs somewhere to store its own people, at least on occasion, and trying to track that can feel like a game of hide-and-seek.
—Brendan O'Connor, Curbed, 24 Feb. 2026
Maybe the girl had crawled under a neighbor's trailer while playing hide-and-seek.
—Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 5 Feb. 2026
The quest to find Luna 9 is more than a game of celestial hide-and-seek.
—Ilya Ferapontov, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2026
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Chris Willman, Variety, 27 Feb. 2026
The agency also needs somewhere to store its own people, at least on occasion, and trying to track that can feel like a game of hide-and-seek.
—Brendan O'Connor, Curbed, 24 Feb. 2026
Maybe the girl had crawled under a neighbor's trailer while playing hide-and-seek.
—Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 5 Feb. 2026
The quest to find Luna 9 is more than a game of celestial hide-and-seek.
—Ilya Ferapontov, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 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 9 Mar. 2026.
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