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or mares' nests
as in hells
a state in which everything is out of order
the lack of planning had resulted in the city's evacuation being a mare's nest of epic proportions
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Smith stays largely mum on the news of the day, be that Kirk’s killing, or ICE raids, or whatever hells await in the coming weeks.
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The protagonist's youth doesn't defang the story, as Silent Hill f wastes no time thrusting Hinako and her friends into their personal hells.
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Arches and natural bridges sweep like buttresses from jumbles of rock, giving this landscape a mystical, cathedral-like quality.
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Macaroons are chewy jumbles of coconut bound together with egg whites and sweetened condensed milk.
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Member's Mark Premium Baby Wipes Big messes are no problem for Member’s Mark Premium Baby Wipes, which come packaged in 12 press-open lid packs of 96 wipes each.
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Don't Put it Down, Put it Away There are kitchen messes that are pretty unavoidable and just come with the territory of cooking, like crumbs and sticky surfaces.
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The town is home to the world's largest snake pits, where tens of thousands of non-venomous red-sided garter snakes emerge each spring to wriggle over one another.
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With Clifford and Gramatica, the organization is maintaining a primary focus on the fight against HIV/AIDS, but is also extending its scope of action to research on cancer, neurological diseases, and autoimmune disorders, among other illnesses.
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The finding challenges long-standing anatomical assumptions and links spinal lymphatic dysfunction to neurological disorders and vertebral degeneration, reframing just how central this network is to whole-body health.
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Before the Lost Weekend, John and Yoko had their New York Year — turning their personal confusions into beautifully vivid moments of rage and pain.
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“Mare's nests.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mare%27s%20nests. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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