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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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.
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Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
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.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 23 Mar. 2026
Samara Weaving and Kathryn Newton star in the movie as sisters who attempt to survive another diabolical game of hide-and-seek.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 22 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, Houston Chronicle, 19 Mar. 2026
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Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
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.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 23 Mar. 2026
Samara Weaving and Kathryn Newton star in the movie as sisters who attempt to survive another diabolical game of hide-and-seek.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 22 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, Houston Chronicle, 19 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 25 Apr. 2026.
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