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 many instances, swamps are the best of these hideouts.
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Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2024
Alinejad, 48, said she was forced to abandon her home, leaving behind friends and neighbors for a series of temporary hideouts.
—Renee Maltezou, Cassell Bryan-Low, Yannis Souliotis and Phil Stewart, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2024
Located outside the town of Buxton, the bunker is one of 1,500 similar hideouts constructed across the United Kingdom.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Sep. 2024
The hideout of a former gangster with ghosts that have scared off the current owner's family.
—Paul Edward Parker, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
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Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2024
Alinejad, 48, said she was forced to abandon her home, leaving behind friends and neighbors for a series of temporary hideouts.
—Renee Maltezou, Cassell Bryan-Low, Yannis Souliotis and Phil Stewart, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2024
Located outside the town of Buxton, the bunker is one of 1,500 similar hideouts constructed across the United Kingdom.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Sep. 2024
The hideout of a former gangster with ghosts that have scared off the current owner's family.
—Paul Edward Parker, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hideout
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All who enter the rear lair get the first-class treatment with heat and massage functions and two power-adjustable recliner seats.Josh Max, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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Another rebooted tradition: the cast signing the lair, which Gomez and Henrie helped instruct the new actors on during their first days on the set.Julia MacCary, Variety, 21 Oct. 2024
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In the older strata, the animals were preserved in three dimensions, often in sleeping positions or in nests, or as a guardian of nests, a predator attacking a mammal, or even dinos locked in a fight.Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
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All of the hives were placed in the field by Staab ahead of time to demonstrate Gerty's ability to locate the nests.Nicole Cobler, Axios, 22 Oct. 2024
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The brothers gunned down their parents, José and Kitty Menendez, with 14 shots as the couple sat watching TV in the den of their Beverly Hills home on August 20, 1989.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
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Julian’s quest for answers will only lure him deeper into this den of vipers, but teasing out Sofia’s intentions may be the steamiest — and deadliest — game of all.Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2024
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Don’t miss the ancient temples, baroque churches, charming cucinas and cantinas, majestic villas, serene hideaways, one-of-a-kind shops and extraordinary artwork.Laura Manske, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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Rain was beginning to blow in the predawn darkness Sept. 26 along coastal U.S. Highway 98, which winds through countless fishing villages and vacation hideaways along Florida’s Big Bend.Heather Hollingsworth and Stephen Smith, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Sep. 2024
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“Hideout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hideout. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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