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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Apple AirTags weren’t designed for an elaborate game of hide-and-seek.
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Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 2 Nov. 2024
In these games the focus can instead be on parkour, role-playing, escape rooms and hide-and-seek.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
Sarah Boone told authorities her boyfriend got trapped in a suitcase and died during a game of hide-and-seek.
—Andrew Torgan, CNN, 27 Oct. 2024
The sequence opens with Loughlin dressed in a sailor dress and pigtails, with exaggerated freckles drawn on her face, playing hide-and-seek.
—John Russell, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
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Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 2 Nov. 2024
In these games the focus can instead be on parkour, role-playing, escape rooms and hide-and-seek.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
Sarah Boone told authorities her boyfriend got trapped in a suitcase and died during a game of hide-and-seek.
—Andrew Torgan, CNN, 27 Oct. 2024
The sequence opens with Loughlin dressed in a sailor dress and pigtails, with exaggerated freckles drawn on her face, playing hide-and-seek.
—John Russell, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Hide-and-seek.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hide-and-seek. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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