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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The game of hide-and-seek has been played by schoolchildren for at least two millennia, and its appearance, in this perverse new context, only heightens the sense of panic.
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Simon Parkin, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2025
This celestial hide-and-seek will last for about an hour, depending on your location.
—John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
Geyser, along with her co-defendant Anissa Weier, lured Leutner into the woods during a sleepover in 2014 to play hide-and-seek.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
As the game of hide-and-seek gives way, new strategies may hinge more on asymmetric innovations than on submarine numbers and stealth—regardless of how sophisticated those submarines are.
—IEEE Spectrum, 16 Dec. 2024
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Simon Parkin, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2025
This celestial hide-and-seek will last for about an hour, depending on your location.
—John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
Geyser, along with her co-defendant Anissa Weier, lured Leutner into the woods during a sleepover in 2014 to play hide-and-seek.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
As the game of hide-and-seek gives way, new strategies may hinge more on asymmetric innovations than on submarine numbers and stealth—regardless of how sophisticated those submarines are.
—IEEE Spectrum, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Hide-and-seek.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hide-and-seek. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.
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