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 innocent game of hide-and-seek played by an owner and her dog has pulled on the heartstrings of internet users—leaving hundreds of thousands in tears.
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Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
While hide-and-seek toys are fairly straightforward, these treat-finding puzzles vary in difficulty depending on how the treat can be found.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2025
Frustrated by his brothers’ insensitivity to his clubfoot during a fateful game of hide-and-seek, Young Oz’s lack of impulse control factored into his decision to trap Jack and Benny in a water overflow tunnel.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 9 June 2025
The other songs on the playlist include a hide-and-seek version of 'Baby Shark,' 'Head Shoulders Knees & Toes,' and a CoComelon original song called 'Pretend Shop,' in which JJ and his friends set up grocery store at home and pretend to go shopping.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 6 June 2025
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Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
While hide-and-seek toys are fairly straightforward, these treat-finding puzzles vary in difficulty depending on how the treat can be found.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2025
Frustrated by his brothers’ insensitivity to his clubfoot during a fateful game of hide-and-seek, Young Oz’s lack of impulse control factored into his decision to trap Jack and Benny in a water overflow tunnel.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 9 June 2025
The other songs on the playlist include a hide-and-seek version of 'Baby Shark,' 'Head Shoulders Knees & Toes,' and a CoComelon original song called 'Pretend Shop,' in which JJ and his friends set up grocery store at home and pretend to go shopping.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 6 June 2025
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“Hide-and-seek.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hide-and-seek. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.
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