Thesaurus results for HIDEOUTS

hideouts

noun

plural of hideout

as in nests

a place where a person goes to hide or to avoid others police found the stolen jewels under the floorboards in the thief's hideout, a cabin deep in the woods

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Recent Examples of hideouts The octopuses can safely stand still during their hour-long mating process because, Villar speculates, both male and female can be hidden in their respective rocky hideouts. —

Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 2 Apr. 2026 There was no immediate comment from Pakistan, which repeatedly has said its military only targets Afghan posts and militant hideouts. —

ABC News, 16 Mar. 2026 Frontiers are already porous here, crossed by smuggling routes, refugee trails and militant hideouts. —

Mihir Sharma, Twin Cities, 8 Mar. 2026 According to the Old Farmers Almanac, the moon’s nickname actually refers to the worm-like beetle larvae that appear from winter hideouts, such as thawing tree bark, in North America during this time of year. —

Hannah Poukish, Sacbee.com, 28 Feb. 2026 Sources say that Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, the cartel boss known as ‘El Mencho,’ was holding a party the night a Mexican special forces unit stormed one of his hideouts. —

Steve Fisher, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026 Guests settle into plush dining chairs and couchette-style hideouts for exquisite suppers in Art Deco interiors, all while the train trundles through the British countryside. —

Connor Sturges, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Feb. 2026 Pakistan's security forces have raided two militant hideouts in the country's southwest, killing 41 insurgents in separate gun battles, the military said Friday. —

Arkansas Online, 31 Jan. 2026 From serene mountain hideouts to tiny communities with picture-perfect main streets, here are eight of Tennessee’s most romantic small towns for your next weekend away. —

Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 8 Jan. 2026

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Noun

But even the entry-level Superior Rooms offer good-sized nests for a Florentine sojourn, and there is no such thing as a small bathroom in this establishment (or one, come to that, without enough marble to carve a David).

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Apr. 2026
According to LaGreco, penguin chicks stay in their nests with their parents for about three months before venturing out.

— Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026