mazes 1 of 2

plural of maze

mazes

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of maze

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of mazes
Noun
The farm features corn mazes, hot apple cider donuts, pig races and princess and prince shows. Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado updated October 4, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2025 The official first day of fall has officially come and gone, haunted houses are opening up around the Valley, people are planning their trips to the pumpkin patches and corn mazes. Meredith G. White, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025 John Tufts Indiana is chock full of fun fall activities — corn mazes, apple orchards and pumpkin patches, as well as festivals. John Tufts, IndyStar, 29 Sep. 2025 Middle Springs Farm in Paris hosts weekend events with corn mazes, pumpkin patches, and hayrides through October 26. Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 25 Sep. 2025 Attractions include a country fair, live music, corn mazes, pumpkin patches, hay rides and an animal farm. Fielding Buck, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025 For anyone wanting more of a challenge, some farms design advanced mazes guaranteed to put you to the test. Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mazes
Noun
  • Pet sharks and underground labyrinths, unwelcome doppelgängers and vegetable-hungry monster-rabbits, rogue planets heading for Earth and diabolical Red Wizards—what do all these share in common?
    Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Her books, with their Borgesian labyrinths and witchy symmetries, sometimes flirt with nonsense.
    Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • There are piles of rubble and tangles of cable.
    Jack Lang, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
  • When that happens, the neuronal structure that tau supports can destabilize in ways that contribute to the formation of tangles.
    Robert Martone, Scientific American, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Take the quiz here … DUGOUT SECRETS – Mysterious wooden canoe found after Hurricane Ian still baffles experts three years later.
    , FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025
  • One case that still baffles is the macabre story of Virginia McCullough, who killed her parents for their money – and then lived with their bodies for four years.
    KC Baker, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Typically caused by a sensitive immune system — which confuses innocuous bacteria for harmful pathogens — symptoms include fever, fatigue, abdominal pain, nausea, diarrhea, loss of appetite and weight loss, anemia, skin changes, arthritis and more.
    Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The disinformation pushed by these types of influencers confuses audiences, leaves them less informed, and erodes trust in actual journalism.
    Taylor Lorenz, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The designs were puckish and gender-bending, evoking both awe and repulsion—the sort of clothing that titillates lovers of conceptual fashion and bewilders the uninitiated.
    Ana Karina Zatarain, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Wedged in the far southeastern corner of the bottom of the continent, between South Africa and Mozambique, Eswatini is the last absolute monarchy in Africa, a status that bewilders modernizers and beguiles traditionalists.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 15 Aug. 2025

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“Mazes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mazes. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.

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