cobweb

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Recent Examples of cobweb Wu gok appear otherworldly, the result of the taro and wheat dough creating a cobweb-like structure when it’s fried. Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2022 Other people would send in their pictures of animals, food, art, flowers — anything that one considers beautiful to share with the world, including sunrises and a seed in a cobweb in Holland. Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com, 5 Aug. 2020 Each week, grow rooms, like the one pictured here, produce up to 4,400 pounds of mushrooms and mycelia, the cobweb-like membrane from which mushrooms sprout. Discover Magazine, 31 May 2013 Alex even put on a dress, short and black, held up by cobweb straps, identical in all but color to Mercy's and Lauren's. Nick Romano, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2022 See All Example Sentences for cobweb
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cobweb
Noun
  • The final paragraph of Gallant’s story refers to a spiderweb.
    Jhumpa Lahiri, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
  • By now, the spiderweb invoked as the show’s title is pretty much in focus, with very different pieces in very different rooms nonetheless intertwined with one another.
    Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2025
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

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“Cobweb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cobweb. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.

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