rabbit warren

noun

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Examples of rabbit warren in a Sentence

The Pentagon is a rabbit warren of corridors. the organization's headquarters is a rabbit warren of small, cramped offices
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Capable of deploying from the hard-to-monitor rabbit warrens of industrial Tijuana, a basic FPV drone traveling at the leisurely speed of 80 miles an hour gives Navy Base San Diego less than 10 minutes to detect the intrusion and respond. Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 8 June 2026 The passageways and narrow stairs leading to the 23 guestrooms are a bit of a rabbit warren but that only adds to the hotel’s charm. Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025 On the other hand, what Edwards frames as an absurdist never-ending rabbit warren is recontextualized by Tony Gilroy’s series as a font of potential. Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 14 May 2025 By the late 19th century, reports were emerging of large, aggressive feral cats thriving in the bush, nesting in rabbit warrens and preying on native fauna. Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025 What all this gives us is something of an AI maelstrom as complex as a rabbit warren. Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024 Like a rabbit warren, Toni thought, six small rooms, wide wooden floorboards, a tub on avian feet, porcelain sinks and clanking radiators. Sarah Braunstein, The New Yorker, 21 July 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1766, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of rabbit warren was in 1766

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“Rabbit warren.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rabbit%20warren. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.

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