mare's nests

variants or mares' nests
plural of mare's nest

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for mare's nests
Noun
  • The suction is powerful enough to handle everyday messes, and the anti-tangle technology helps remove all the pet hair.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2025
  • More than 95,000 customers agree on its power, and our commerce director Rachel Fletcher uses it on the regular to clean up pet messes.
    Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, an early activist for transgender rights and one of the protesters in the Stonewall Inn riots that sparked the modern movement for LGBTQ+ equality, has died.
    Michael Collins, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The previous evening, Fox News had aired a segment portraying Portland as out of control and included video from actual riots in 2020 after the George Floyd killing.
    Nicholas Kristof, Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • His team developed a tool a few years ago that can provide a snapshot of how healthy a patient’s brain is and how much risk the patient has of developing Alzheimer’s and related disorders.
    Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Researchers believe the device could be adapted for electrical stimulation and other therapies, potentially benefiting patients with epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, and other neurological disorders.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2025
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“Mare's nests.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mare%27s%20nests. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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