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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As word of its stone monsters spread, the Sacro Bosco rose out of its hiding place in the woods.
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Lanta Davis and Vince Reighard, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024
The heads of its terror armies and Hezbollah's have been eliminated, once again proving that there is no hiding place beyond our watchful eye and no place too far for our long arm.
—Graham Allison, Foreign Affairs, 30 Aug. 2024
In an operation broadcast on Egyptian state television, they were killed when security forces stormed their hiding place in retaliation for the ISIS attacks.
—Maged Atef, Foreign Affairs, 13 Mar. 2017
When authorities near Jim’s hiding place, Huck must choose whether to expose him; he’s been taught that not doing so is a grave sin.
—Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 17 June 2024
In the mountain highlands of China, a snake waits until nightfall to slip out from its leafy hiding place.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 31 May 2024
In 1881, Ramses’ mummy and coffin were discovered in a hiding place in the temple complex Deir el-Bahari, which housed the remains of 50 other members of the nobility, including the pharaoh’s father, Seti I, according to the Egypt Museum.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 May 2024
Nearly blending in with the leaves, the frog’s yellow toes and orange thighs gave away its hiding place, according to a study published in ZooKeys on April 8.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2024
The jewels had been moved to a safe hiding place traveling via a 16th-century tunnel that connects the Quirinale to the Palazzo Barberini.
—Elisabetta Caprotti, Vogue, 21 Feb. 2024
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Lanta Davis and Vince Reighard, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024
The heads of its terror armies and Hezbollah's have been eliminated, once again proving that there is no hiding place beyond our watchful eye and no place too far for our long arm.
—Graham Allison, Foreign Affairs, 30 Aug. 2024
In an operation broadcast on Egyptian state television, they were killed when security forces stormed their hiding place in retaliation for the ISIS attacks.
—Maged Atef, Foreign Affairs, 13 Mar. 2017
When authorities near Jim’s hiding place, Huck must choose whether to expose him; he’s been taught that not doing so is a grave sin.
—Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 17 June 2024
In the mountain highlands of China, a snake waits until nightfall to slip out from its leafy hiding place.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 31 May 2024
In 1881, Ramses’ mummy and coffin were discovered in a hiding place in the temple complex Deir el-Bahari, which housed the remains of 50 other members of the nobility, including the pharaoh’s father, Seti I, according to the Egypt Museum.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 May 2024
Nearly blending in with the leaves, the frog’s yellow toes and orange thighs gave away its hiding place, according to a study published in ZooKeys on April 8.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2024
The jewels had been moved to a safe hiding place traveling via a 16th-century tunnel that connects the Quirinale to the Palazzo Barberini.
—Elisabetta Caprotti, Vogue, 21 Feb. 2024
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“Hiding place.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hiding%20place. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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