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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An attack ordered by ‘Slender Man’ The May 31, 2014, attack on Leutner began as a Saturday morning game of hide-and-seek in the woods of a suburban Milwaukee park.
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Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 29 Nov. 2025
The morning after, Geyser and Weier convinced Leutner to play hide-and-seek in the park near her house in Waukesha, Wisc.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 25 Nov. 2025
Kids playing hide-and-seek in cemeteries and teenagers drinking beer at night weren’t uncommon, Molloy said.
—Chris Kenning, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
Her disdain for their typical adolescent activities–football, cartwheels, hide-and-seek—manifested in several episodes of verbal harassment, racial slurs, and dials to 911.
—Ayana Underwood, Outside, 23 Oct. 2025
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Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 29 Nov. 2025
The morning after, Geyser and Weier convinced Leutner to play hide-and-seek in the park near her house in Waukesha, Wisc.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 25 Nov. 2025
Kids playing hide-and-seek in cemeteries and teenagers drinking beer at night weren’t uncommon, Molloy said.
—Chris Kenning, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
Her disdain for their typical adolescent activities–football, cartwheels, hide-and-seek—manifested in several episodes of verbal harassment, racial slurs, and dials to 911.
—Ayana Underwood, Outside, 23 Oct. 2025
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 Dec. 2025.
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