as in labyrinth
a confusing and complicated arrangement of passages got lost in the warren of interconnected side streets

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Recent Examples of warren But Turtle Bay is no longer particularly desirable, nor are the exceptionally large, often outdated apartments in the building, which not infrequently have warrens of maids’ rooms and stodgy last-century décor (5,000-square-foot-plus five-bedrooms can be had for as little as $5.25 million). Kim Velsey, Curbed, 13 Aug. 2025 Beavers Side-by-Side rents a variety of ATVs for navigating a warren of backcountry routes. Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 8 Aug. 2025 May 1953 maps included a warren of Foreign Streets and a series of Foreign Shops before the Main Street U.S.A. concept was settled on. Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 7 Aug. 2025 Seek Out Inspirations In Marrakech’s Souks The warren-like souks in the heart of the city are a mine of joyous, idiosyncratic design. Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for warren
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Noun
  • The Agua Hedionda Lagoon Foundation is also part of this Haunted Corn Maze, which turns the strawberry fields into a terrifying labyrinth.
    Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Gurba constructs a labyrinth of language where California poppies, childhood witchcraft and feminist rage bloom side by side.
    Ana Cristina Frías Cabrera, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
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  • Following a young woman navigating life after growing up in an orphanage, the film transforms her shrinking apartment into a dreamlike maze of memory and loss, using striking visual metaphors to explore belonging, self-worth, and the fragile hope of starting over.
    Essie Assibu, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The island’s relaxed energy carries throughout the resort's maze of 29 villas, sloping down a hill towards the beach.
    Katie Lockhart, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2025

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“Warren.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warren. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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