as in maze
a confusing and complicated arrangement of passages
we eventually realized that we were lost in the labyrinth of hallways in the museum
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Recent Examples of labyrinth
And the old hands who know their way around the Washington labyrinth mostly see the Tech Hamiltonians as a menace to be thwarted, and so use their talent and knowledge to work against rather than for the new regime.
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Walter Russell Mead, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2026
Currently, the inside of the old building has been turned from a blank slate to a labyrinth of framing for apartments, storage rooms, the electrical room, closets and bathrooms, studios and bedrooms.
—Wheeler Cowperthwaite, The Providence Journal, 21 Jan. 2026
The routine check set me on a 15-year path that transformed me from a medical editor on a daily newspaper in Chicago into an international advocate for men navigating the labyrinth of low-risk prostate cancer.
—Howard Wolinsky, STAT, 21 Jan. 2026
The path to the Lombardi Trophy is a labyrinth of salary cap gymnastics (not an issue the last time the 49ers won it), injury luck, and, apparently, being on the right side of officiating decisions that require a degree in theoretical physics to understand.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2026
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Walter Russell Mead, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2026
Currently, the inside of the old building has been turned from a blank slate to a labyrinth of framing for apartments, storage rooms, the electrical room, closets and bathrooms, studios and bedrooms.
—Wheeler Cowperthwaite, The Providence Journal, 21 Jan. 2026
The routine check set me on a 15-year path that transformed me from a medical editor on a daily newspaper in Chicago into an international advocate for men navigating the labyrinth of low-risk prostate cancer.
—Howard Wolinsky, STAT, 21 Jan. 2026
The path to the Lombardi Trophy is a labyrinth of salary cap gymnastics (not an issue the last time the 49ers won it), injury luck, and, apparently, being on the right side of officiating decisions that require a degree in theoretical physics to understand.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for labyrinth
maze
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The triple-digit summer heat literally drove many of them underground, a maze of shops, living quarters, Buddhist temples, saloons and gambling halls.—
Joe Yogerst,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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On another dominant shift by the top line, Pastrnak made a nice backhand pass to Geekie (29) in the left circle and Geekie’s shot made it through a maze of players to beat Quick for Pastrnak’s 900th career point.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Labyrinth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/labyrinth. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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