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Their conversation explores characters who hide their true nature behind carefully constructed personas, the role of technology in enabling obsession and revenge, and the social rituals that define contemporary London.
From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2026
This is not something that we should be scared of, let alone try to hide, because it’s a part of womanhood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Light pollution will hide the fainter meteors, leaving only the brightest ones visible.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
"I go to another room and... I hide to cry."
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
A fact I’d made sure to hide from Callaway just in case he decided our extra training was too much and changed his mind.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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He caught the bus home and hid in his wardrobe until his mum had gone out.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
Noskova hid under her towel towards the end of the second set and did the same again in the moments after securing a testing victory.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
One company, Swarmer, hid its main facility in a suburban house.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Exactly five years later, the time to escape California arrived after a miserable breakup from a three-year relationship with a guy that I hid entirely from my family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
Fred sank to the bottom and hid behind a giant clam.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
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MarketWatch spoke to a variety of experts, from contractors to economists, to identify some of the most common hidden costs of owning a home that new homeowners can miss or underestimate.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
Home inspectors don’t open up walls and remove flooring to check for hidden defects in a home, he noted.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
"That material is normally permanently buried -- we can only infer what's there. Here, a catastrophic event essentially turned these ancient moons inside out, and we get to see what was hidden inside."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
She said even on non-anonymous platforms people can feel "psychologically hidden behind a screen".
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
He would frighten the dogs and take their hidden stashes now and then, but he didn’t harm them and we became accustomed to him hanging around.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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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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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
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 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 Mrs. Henry Wood
She hided my hat—Lina did; but if I'd gone home, straight home, and not gone to her house, then she couldn't have hided it.
From Dotty Dimple at Play by Sophie May
Some of the biggest fortunes may be hiding in markets and solutions that Silicon Valley is ignoring.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Two months later, an armed man was arrested in Florida after US Secret Service agents spotted him hiding in the trees near where Trump was playing golf.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
However, the judge ordered Meta limit push notifications and usage to 90 hours a month, around three-hours daily on average, for users under age 18, in addition to hiding "like counts."
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
But our local vet noted that this wasn’t the first they’d heard of this kind of thing—and that we should monitor our cats for any irregular behaviors, such as hiding or lack of appetite.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
Between his empty resume and his wife hiding from the FBI, Dad isn’t having much luck.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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