Thesaurus results for RABBIT HOLES

rabbit holes

noun

plural of rabbit hole

as in dilemmas

a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape shoreline residents are finding themselves helplessly falling down a rabbit hole in their Sisyphean efforts to halt beach erosion

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And what are the key selection dilemmas facing Arteta and counterpart (and boyhood team-mate) Xabi Alonso?

— James McNicholas, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
But for those who find (and in some cases may be slightly mystified as to why) that there is a nagging, needling value to Schrader’s ongoing project of tussling with grandiose dilemmas of transgression and deliverance, there is some new news here.

— Jessica Kiang, Variety, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of dilemmas

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On the screen, in a series of daredevil adventures, the actor had extricated himself from a hundred impossible predicaments.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Aemond, too, for that matter, while Daemon’s arrogance continues to get Team Black into all sorts of predicaments.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of predicaments

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At the resort, there’s a host of activities and amenities, including four golf courses with 10-18 holes each, bass fishing, axe throwing, pickleball, and more.

— Megan duBois, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026
Instead of etching holes directly into the semiconductor, researchers patterned a silicon dioxide layer and then covered it with epitaxial semiconductor.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of holes

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Stories — real or not — circulated in the 19th and early 20th centuries of White people using Black children as bait while hunting in Florida’s swamps.

— Matt Baker, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Black rat snakes occupy an expansive range of habitats, from swamps and marshes to forests and fields.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Sep. 2026

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