as in lair
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 hideout
In the dry years, brine flies find hideouts in whatever water is available.
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Daniel Rothberg, Vox, 1 Oct. 2024
Pakistani security forces killed 27 insurgents during a raid on a militant hideout, according to a statement from the country's military.
—John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
There’s even a secret hideout below one of the walls for those brave enough to squeeze through the hidden opening.
—Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
While Portugal seems like a quiet oasis on the edge of the Atlantic, its glamorous casinos, hotels, and secret hideouts become the stage for a network of daring women spies, exchanging vital information that could turn the tide of the conflict.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 17 Jan. 2025
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Daniel Rothberg, Vox, 1 Oct. 2024
Pakistani security forces killed 27 insurgents during a raid on a militant hideout, according to a statement from the country's military.
—John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
There’s even a secret hideout below one of the walls for those brave enough to squeeze through the hidden opening.
—Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
While Portugal seems like a quiet oasis on the edge of the Atlantic, its glamorous casinos, hotels, and secret hideouts become the stage for a network of daring women spies, exchanging vital information that could turn the tide of the conflict.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 17 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hideout
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But the team hypothesizes the fungus lures the spiders out of their lairs where they are exposed to circulating air currents, which helps spread its spores, said Araújo, who is also an honorary research associate at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in the United Kingdom.—
Taylor Nicioli,
CNN,
14 Feb. 2025
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The story sounds like something right out of a horror movie: this fungus hacks the brain of its host, driving the normally shy spiders out of their lairs and webs to an exposed surface.—
Michael Irving,
New Atlas,
2 Feb. 2025
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Turtles likely remember magnetic conditioning for a much longer duration, Goforth noted, since most loggerheads leave their nesting beach as hatchlings and return around 20 years later to lay their first nest.—
Julianna Bragg,
CNN,
12 Feb. 2025
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His son, John, 18, and daughter, Elizabeth, quickly returned to the nest.—
Mara Bovsun,
New York Daily News,
9 Feb. 2025
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Three additional bedrooms can be found on the bottom-most level, as well as a den/office and two baths dressed in the same pale hues of the kitchen.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
13 Feb. 2025
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These hard-working little creatures stockpile food in their dens for winter.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
22 Jan. 2025
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Librarian-Chic In San Esteban de Pravia, Gran Hotel Boutique Brillante has been reimagined as a stylish coastal hideaway.—
Jenn Rice,
Vogue,
12 Feb. 2025
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The former Probation Department lot offers a hideaway bounded by Crenshaw and Obama boulevards and the Expo Line and is sealed off from a row of apartment buildings to its west by a tall wall and shrubbery.—
Doug Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2025
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“Hideout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hideout. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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