cat's cradles

plural of cat's cradle

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cat's cradles
Noun
  • Pet sharks and underground labyrinths, unwelcome doppelgängers and vegetable-hungry monster-rabbits, rogue planets heading for Earth and diabolical Red Wizards—what do all these share in common?
    Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Her books, with their Borgesian labyrinths and witchy symmetries, sometimes flirt with nonsense.
    Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • From corn mazes to haunted houses, the spooky season is in full swing.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The farm features corn mazes, hot apple cider donuts, pig races and princess and prince shows.
    Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado Updated October 4, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • And not just vague signs, actual amyloid plaques and tau tangles, the same hallmarks seen in human patients.
    Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 14 Oct. 2025
  • There are piles of rubble and tangles of cable.
    Jack Lang, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The result has been a seemingly endless run of East Washington Street roadwork and traffic snarls from Alabama Street downtown to I-465.
    Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 25 Sep. 2025
  • There was talk of traffic snarls and strain on the power grid.
    Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 24 Sep. 2025
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“Cat's cradles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cat%27s%20cradles. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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