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"It's very common for people to hide things if they have a carer visiting their home, for example hiding their wedding photos or taking down a trans flag," he says.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
But researchers at the University of California, Riverside identified a biological weakness that termites cannot hide from: they have to molt.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
Sometimes he would hide snacks in his family’s couch cushions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Among other worrying instances, OpenAI said one of its models during training added instructions to those summaries to hide mistakes or “misaligned behavior” from the user.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
‘I came upstairs and I was looking for your bicycle key. I’d seen you hide it in your drawer. I… I’ve seen the combination you use to open it.’
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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Someone had apparently used the secret key Roebuck hid near the workshop door.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
But in most of those earlier cases, presidents at least hid behind principle.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026
He scattered them, hid them, kept handwritten or typed versions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
She said her father hid the coins while working as an electrical contractor in properties around the town, although Mead's home was one he actually lived in.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
The boy took his sister and hid in the shower.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
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It was like being spoken to by God, an impression aided by the fact that Ramsey, hidden in a small booth near the press box, was heard but never seen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
That hidden existence makes them difficult to find and difficult to eliminate.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
The sight of young men, their identities hidden by black balaclavas, tearing around on electric bikes or scooters is becoming a familiar one.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
The couple had a hidden landline phone on their kitchen wall.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Don Quixote stayed hidden in a nearby bush while Sancho went to look for the lady he had never seen.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
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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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These people who have had it in keeping—" "I hided it.
From Reels and Spindles A Story of Mill Life by Frank T. (Frank Thayer) Merrill
"She's a real naughty little girl," thought Miss Dimple; "and if she hadn't hided my hat, I'd go right home."
From Dotty Dimple at Play by Sophie May
Ve let it stay hided in der cave undil dis drouble is all over und den it vill be easy to get it avay from der island, yoost so quiet.
From The Man from Brodney's by George Barr McCutcheon
I’ve never hided you for collaring that pistol of mine.
From Tom, Dick and Harry by Talbot Baines Reed
“My presence in Venezuela is not a challenge,” said Machado, who spent more than a year in hiding before she escaped.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
To passersby, we could easily be mistaken for two teenagers hiding in the shadows.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
"This was the most heartbreaking outcome for us, we were just hoping that he would be hiding somewhere obvious where someone could find him, that's what we kept telling ourselves the whole time."
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
In his plea, Max acknowledged bartering art for real estate and hiding income to buy real estate in Southampton, New York, the US Virgin Islands and upstate New York.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
But Mrs. Kleermaker accepted it gratefully, plunging into the story of how her husband had been arrested some months before, her son gone into hiding.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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