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I would totally hide Anne Frank, she reasoned.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
“I’m thinking that he’s trying to hide in some ways behind the committee.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 25, 2026
“So then they asked me to walk down this beach, and every 10 minutes you’d hear ‘Rolling!’ and I’d have to lie down and hide behind these dunes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
In workplaces, many describe "masking," a term which means trying to hide their traits in order to fit in - something which can put a huge strain on the person's wellbeing.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Maybe he was warning me, so that we could talk about it later without him having to hide that he had been there too.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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Barbie hid in a backroom while Peter slammed doors and banged pots and pans to scare off the intruder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
She hid her habit with lash extensions, but when beauty salons closed during Covid Daisy decided to create a serum to help her eyelashes grow back.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Shortly after Aang, the Avatar, emerged from the ice that hid him for a century, it was plain to see that this show was its own wonderful, all-ages treat.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
According to the petition, the fight escalated, and Will Robinson phoned the police while Sandoval hid inside a spare bedroom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
“My foster parents threw it away, but I went out to the trash and found it. I taped it back together and hid it in my shoebox.”
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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With commercial tourism, social media and vlogging much of today’s world feels overexposed and overexplained, with seemingly every destination photographed, every experience reviewed and all hidden gems channeled into content.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
But will she choose Mr. Ryder, the libertine with a hangup about marriage, or Mr. Hayward, the tortured empath who recites poetry to her in a hidden garden?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
But on a remaining wall, members discovered a hidden treasure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
He added: "In these cases we digitally rebalance the colour bands of the image, really making the archaeology 'pop' and reveal previously hidden details – these images appear as black and white".
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
She may or may not be sending me hidden clues.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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The moment the sound of raucous singing had hided around the corner, he slipped out of the gate and ran in the opposite direction.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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I’ve never hided you for collaring that pistol of mine.
From Tom, Dick and Harry by Reed, Talbot Baines
"The landlord," added the speaker in his imperfect English, "has entirely hided himself from the Page 30 business."
From The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People by Scott, J.W. Robertson
But he added, in conjugal privacy, that David ought to be hided for not turning his hand to something.
From Dr. Lavendar's People by Deland, Margaret Wade Campbell
She has never had a downright bad attack, like this one, therefore we could hide it from the servants and from Miss Annabel, but it couldn't be hided from him.
From The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 2 (of 3) A Novel by Wood, Mrs. Henry
“Maybe they’re hiding something that they’re ashamed to admit because of who you are, what you put forth in the world.”
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
When Tippy Amundson was in middle school, she read the diary of a teenager hiding from the secret police.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
Native to Australia and the South Pacific, the snake likely reached Guam sometime after World War II, possibly by hiding aboard military cargo planes.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
A year later, he fled to the U.S., crossing the border from Mexico hiding in the trunk of a car.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Traveling at night is more difficult—the path is uneven beneath her feet, there are snakes hiding in the grass, and the trees make it hard to see what’s in front of her.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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