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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Parents can help their baby develop visual memory by playing hide-and-seek games with their face or with toys.
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Isabella Balandran, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2024
Their kids navigate their trauma from Oct. 7 by being with each other, playing hide-and-seek and making fortresses.
—William Booth, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024
The only problem: her initiation into the family includes a deadly game of hide-and-seek, where her culty in-laws chase her with guns and crossbows.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 22 Mar. 2024
Surrounded by a slew of other stories from University Prep's Mark Murray about family traditions, some fictionalized and some pure nonfiction, Eleazar tells the story of an ordinary game of hide-and-seek that became an extraordinary memory when his cousin came to visit.
—Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 27 Feb. 2024
Bed bugs are resilient little jerks who play the world's worst game of hide-and-seek.
—John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 23 Feb. 2024
Lucas benefits from both Menzies’ natural reserve and his ability to show what roils beneath that stoicism, a game of emotive hide-and-seek.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024
From there, Starlux created glowing swordplay games, versions of hide-and-seek and Sardines, glowing treasure hunts.
—Shannon Sollitt, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Sep. 2023
Apple AirTags weren’t designed for an elaborate game of hide-and-seek.
—Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 6 Feb. 2024
Isabella Balandran, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2024
Their kids navigate their trauma from Oct. 7 by being with each other, playing hide-and-seek and making fortresses.
—William Booth, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024
The only problem: her initiation into the family includes a deadly game of hide-and-seek, where her culty in-laws chase her with guns and crossbows.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 22 Mar. 2024
Surrounded by a slew of other stories from University Prep's Mark Murray about family traditions, some fictionalized and some pure nonfiction, Eleazar tells the story of an ordinary game of hide-and-seek that became an extraordinary memory when his cousin came to visit.
—Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 27 Feb. 2024
Bed bugs are resilient little jerks who play the world's worst game of hide-and-seek.
—John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 23 Feb. 2024
Lucas benefits from both Menzies’ natural reserve and his ability to show what roils beneath that stoicism, a game of emotive hide-and-seek.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024
From there, Starlux created glowing swordplay games, versions of hide-and-seek and Sardines, glowing treasure hunts.
—Shannon Sollitt, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Sep. 2023
Apple AirTags weren’t designed for an elaborate game of hide-and-seek.
—Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 6 Feb. 2024
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