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 Metis was also the warren of narrow city streets, perhaps built over old cow paths, that both represented and generated a thick network of intimate and practical neighborly relationships. Nikil Saval, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025 The offices are a warren of small, cluttered rooms located on a side street downtown. David Segal, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025 For a warren of medieval streets lined with traditional food, book a flat in Trastevere. Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 26 Mar. 2025 The singer and the songwriter were among the Homs residents who chose to stay, retreating into the warren of alleys in Homs' old city. Jawad Rizkallah, NPR, 5 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for warren
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Noun
  • Each insurance company seems to have its own labyrinth of portals and billing procedures.
    Paulina Wierzbicka, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
  • Deep beneath the Zagros Mountains in central Iran, in a labyrinth of fortified tunnels outside the city of Natanz, centrifuges spun at speeds too fast for the eye to track.
    Nik Popli, Time, 19 June 2025
Noun
  • The Las Vegas location will open with four haunted mazes.
    Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2025
  • The locations are based on Universal’s successful Halloween Horror Nights in Florida and California, which feature elaborate haunted houses and mazes.
    Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 26 June 2025

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“Warren.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warren. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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