hiding place
noun
: a place where someone or something is hidden or can be hidden
My favorite hiding place when I was a kid was in the attic.
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The agent shot at Routh, who was rousted from his hiding place and tried to escape before he was apprehended.
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David Matthews, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2026
After just over two hours of deliberations, the jury of seven women and five men found Routh guilty on all five counts, which included three federal gun charges and an assault on the Secret Service agent who rousted him from his hiding place.
—Juliette Arcodia, NBC news, 4 Feb. 2026
Yitzhak’s diary abruptly came to an end when he and his family were discovered in their hiding place in October of 1943 and killed.
—Dr. Michael Good, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2026
The panicked gang leader later took to social media to appeal to cops from a new hiding place.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
The prominent mention of Frank, who died of disease in a Nazi concentration camp after her family’s hiding place was betrayed, adds to a growing discourse about whether ICE’s operations targeting immigrants in Minnesota can be compared to the Nazis’ tactics in rooting out Jews during the Holocaust.
—Philissa Cramer, Sun Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2026
But against Leeds, there was no hiding place.
—James Pearce, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026
For Lusti, the highwire act has less to do with skiing over exposure that would turn the rest of us into quivering piles of jello and more to do with learning when her time outdoors stops being a refuge and starts being a hiding place.
—Outside Online, 10 Dec. 2025
This 350-piece building set is inspired by the iconic scene from The Sorcerer’s Stone and has all of its memorable details, including the wind vane and Trevor’s hiding place.
—Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 30 Nov. 2025
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David Matthews, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2026
After just over two hours of deliberations, the jury of seven women and five men found Routh guilty on all five counts, which included three federal gun charges and an assault on the Secret Service agent who rousted him from his hiding place.
—Juliette Arcodia, NBC news, 4 Feb. 2026
Yitzhak’s diary abruptly came to an end when he and his family were discovered in their hiding place in October of 1943 and killed.
—Dr. Michael Good, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2026
The panicked gang leader later took to social media to appeal to cops from a new hiding place.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
The prominent mention of Frank, who died of disease in a Nazi concentration camp after her family’s hiding place was betrayed, adds to a growing discourse about whether ICE’s operations targeting immigrants in Minnesota can be compared to the Nazis’ tactics in rooting out Jews during the Holocaust.
—Philissa Cramer, Sun Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2026
But against Leeds, there was no hiding place.
—James Pearce, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026
For Lusti, the highwire act has less to do with skiing over exposure that would turn the rest of us into quivering piles of jello and more to do with learning when her time outdoors stops being a refuge and starts being a hiding place.
—Outside Online, 10 Dec. 2025
This 350-piece building set is inspired by the iconic scene from The Sorcerer’s Stone and has all of its memorable details, including the wind vane and Trevor’s hiding place.
—Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 30 Nov. 2025
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“Hiding place.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hiding%20place. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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