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Recent Examples of cobweb
The only snow that stuck on my property was on a cobweb, but the spider probably considers that his property.
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A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2023
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
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A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2023
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cobweb
Noun
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From orbit, the intersecting ridges resemble a massive spiderweb sprawled across the Martian surface.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
27 Feb. 2026
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The Beauty’s enduring phallus preoccupation makes clear that the series is trying to do a Freudian thing by untangling the spiderweb of social, historical, and psychological strands that combine into modern masculinity.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
21 Jan. 2026
Noun
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To claim a straight line of descent from a father’s grief for a work as multifaceted as Hamlet is to mistake a labyrinth for a corridor.—
Rhoda Feng,
Vulture,
23 Mar. 2026
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The town kept its medieval street plan after the 1693 rebuild, creating a vertical labyrinth where staircases become streets.—
Jenn Rice,
Vogue,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Cobweb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cobweb. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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