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.
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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
Bunny Burrow Express trolley rides offered Fox River Trolley Museum’s Bunny Burrow Express will be making runs to a secret rabbit warren on three Saturdays, April 5, 12 and 19, at the Jon J. Duerr Forest Preserve, 35W003 Route 31, South Elgin.
—Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
On our list are fiction from the wisdom of a rabbit warren to the exploration of the darker side of social media or from the lives of female nurses in Vietnam to thrillers galore, as well as nonfiction favorites from the analysis of presidential politics to a Hollywood biography.
—Newsweek Staff, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
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
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
Bunny Burrow Express trolley rides offered Fox River Trolley Museum’s Bunny Burrow Express will be making runs to a secret rabbit warren on three Saturdays, April 5, 12 and 19, at the Jon J. Duerr Forest Preserve, 35W003 Route 31, South Elgin.
—Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
On our list are fiction from the wisdom of a rabbit warren to the exploration of the darker side of social media or from the lives of female nurses in Vietnam to thrillers galore, as well as nonfiction favorites from the analysis of presidential politics to a Hollywood biography.
—Newsweek Staff, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
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
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And who knows if, with chef Mario Carbone, part of those labyrinths will be repurposed into wineries for fine wines.—
Marzio G. Mian,
Vanity Fair,
16 June 2026
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When combined, these materials form a dense labyrinth of millions of parallel channels.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
10 June 2026
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To test that, the final group completed cognitively demanding games such as mazes and shape puzzles called tangrams that contained no academic content.—
Supreet Kaur,
Scientific American,
10 June 2026
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One of the mazes retiring after the 2026 season will be open with the lights on during the event.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
10 June 2026
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“Rabbit warren.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rabbit%20warren. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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