rabbit warren

Definition of rabbit warrennext
as in labyrinth
a confusing and complicated arrangement of passages the organization's headquarters is a rabbit warren of small, cramped offices

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Recent Examples of rabbit warren Capable of deploying from the hard-to-monitor rabbit warrens of industrial Tijuana, a basic FPV drone traveling at the leisurely speed of 80 miles an hour gives Navy Base San Diego less than 10 minutes to detect the intrusion and respond. Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 8 June 2026 On the other hand, what Edwards frames as an absurdist never-ending rabbit warren is recontextualized by Tony Gilroy’s series as a font of potential. Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 14 May 2025 What all this gives us is something of an AI maelstrom as complex as a rabbit warren. Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024 Like a rabbit warren, Toni thought, six small rooms, wide wooden floorboards, a tub on avian feet, porcelain sinks and clanking radiators. Sarah Braunstein, The New Yorker, 21 July 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rabbit warren
Noun
  • Tomorrow’s sessions are similar, with the addition of a fly-fishing casting lesson and a meditative stroll around the on-site labyrinth.
    Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Carmen receives them with love and displays them in that labyrinth of Cuban-ness, as colorful and sometimes as moving as the nation’s history and its exile.
    Sarah Moreno August 7, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The second was a plus-maze task in which the mouse learns to navigate its way to a reward.
    Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Tokenization brings that maze into view and offers a way to redesign parts of it with greater clarity, speed and coordination.
    Federico Sendra, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

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“Rabbit warren.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rabbit%20warren. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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