hiding place
noun
: a place where someone or something is hidden or can be hidden
My favorite hiding place when I was a kid was in the attic.
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Archaeologists found the wooden coffin and Ramses’ mummy in a hiding place at the Deir el-Bahari temple complex in 1881, but the alabaster and granite sarcophagi were missing, likely looted by ancient tomb robbers.
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Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024
Vance walks through the house to identify a hiding place where the children would go in an emergency.
—John Diedrich, Journal Sentinel, 5 Dec. 2024
Even so, the director is shrewd to zero in on the family home—a psychological war zone where secrets fester behind locked doors and nearly every room becomes a hiding place.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2024
At Valencia, where every game is screened across the world, there is no hiding place.
—Gregg Evans, The Athletic, 27 Aug. 2024
The post, which walks viewers through the ring's elaborate hiding place on a kitchen counter, has been viewed more than 17 million times, drawing a flurry of amused comments from TikTok users.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
After the end of the war, Argentina, under the leadership of General Juan Domingo Perón, a fascist sympathizer, became the favorite hiding place for Nazi leaders escaping prosecution for their evil deeds.
—Omar G. Encarnación, Foreign Affairs, 16 Mar. 2016
But there’s no time for tears because the Taliban has breached the hiding place.
—Sarene Leeds, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024
As word of its stone monsters spread, the Sacro Bosco rose out of its hiding place in the woods.
—Lanta Davis and Vince Reighard, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024
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Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024
Vance walks through the house to identify a hiding place where the children would go in an emergency.
—John Diedrich, Journal Sentinel, 5 Dec. 2024
Even so, the director is shrewd to zero in on the family home—a psychological war zone where secrets fester behind locked doors and nearly every room becomes a hiding place.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2024
At Valencia, where every game is screened across the world, there is no hiding place.
—Gregg Evans, The Athletic, 27 Aug. 2024
The post, which walks viewers through the ring's elaborate hiding place on a kitchen counter, has been viewed more than 17 million times, drawing a flurry of amused comments from TikTok users.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
After the end of the war, Argentina, under the leadership of General Juan Domingo Perón, a fascist sympathizer, became the favorite hiding place for Nazi leaders escaping prosecution for their evil deeds.
—Omar G. Encarnación, Foreign Affairs, 16 Mar. 2016
But there’s no time for tears because the Taliban has breached the hiding place.
—Sarene Leeds, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024
As word of its stone monsters spread, the Sacro Bosco rose out of its hiding place in the woods.
—Lanta Davis and Vince Reighard, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Hiding place.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hiding%20place. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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