1
as in concealed
to put into a hiding place
the thief had hidden the stolen jewelry under the floorboards
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2
as in obscured
to keep secret or shut off from view
he tried to hide his criminal past she hid the cat's litter box behind a screen
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Located in a region with a rich mining history, the mine was worked in the 1880s before being concealed when the hillside was blasted down.—
Alia Beard Rau,
USA Today,
10 June 2026 -
Many of Storey’s unauthorized expenditures were concealed among legitimate charges, the affidavit said.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
10 June 2026
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Around me, passengers of all ages from Germany, the United States, England, and Turkey were crammed into booths, making friends, sharing boxes of pistachio pastries, and admiring the wilderness, where gusts of snow swept toward the window and obscured the scalps of mountains.—
Monisha Rajesh,
Outside,
9 Dec. 2025
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Alex Marzano-Lesnevich manages to combine ambitious research with deeply personal reflection, illuminating a history long obscured while reminding us that no one walks their path alone.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Dec. 2025
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Jacobs, with his long rifle and pack of dogs, was not the only predator in the Alleghenies—wolves and mountain lions still lurked in the forest.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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Holly Madison quickly discovered that beneath Hollywood's glitz and glamour lurked a much darker reality.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
8 June 2026
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After their discovery, those remains were transferred to the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, also known as Punchbowl, in Hawaii and buried in a grave of unknowns, according an agency press release.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
11 Dec. 2025
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To address this, PG&E relocated the pipeline approximately 100 feet downstream and buried it approximately 20 feet beneath the creekbed.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
11 Dec. 2025
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Swift covered a variety of topics while speaking with Colbert, from her Kansas City Chiefs star fiancé Travis Kelce being the love of her life to getting her masters back.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
12 Dec. 2025
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The weather service still expects the lighter snow to impact the Friday morning commute, as roads will likely be slick and covered with snow.—
David Ferrara,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
12 Dec. 2025
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The couple is seeking $25 million in damages, claiming that because their team didn’t have the documents suppressed, they were convicted on every count.—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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Others, like Tiara Parker, suppressed their grief and trauma until the weight of it all finally brought them tumbling to their knees.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN Money,
12 June 2026
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Warhol is a career retrospective disguised as the artist’s memorial-tribute mixtape to himself.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
2 Dec. 2025
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This surge in high-tech imports actually disguised a 10% year-over-year fall in imports of other products in August.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
1 Dec. 2025
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“Hid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hid. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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