hid
Americanverb
verb
Other Word Forms
- unhid adjective
Example Sentences
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Police believe Keys went into the Best Buy during store hours and hid inside at the time of closing, according to the police department.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
For days, Soviet authorities hid the catastrophe from the world -- a disaster that further weakened the already crumbling USSR, which collapsed in 1991.
From Barron's • Apr. 25, 2026
She also denied that Erickson hid in the bushes, and said he ran back to the scene, came upon Grossman and her smashed Mercedes and was told to step back by a police officer.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026
As the aviator hid from Iranian forces, the agency spread false word inside the country that the U.S. military had already located the downed airman and were preparing to move him overland for exfiltration.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
That evening I store some poems in the dress, and I wonder about the parchment I hid in the stone wall of our old house.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
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