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
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.
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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
Somewhere amid the rabbit warren of backstage corridors here, work is underway to give its Lyttelton Theatre a huge restructure for The Effect.
—Kate Lloyd, Vogue, 18 July 2023
The rabbit warren of hallways and thinly-walled rooms felt insular at that hour, the click of stilettos on laminate less urgent than during the day.
—Hazlitt, 12 July 2023
Situated in the attic of the rambling 19th-century National Arts Club overlooking Gramercy Park, it’s reached via a rabbit warren of staircases and consists of a single room painted chartreuse yellow.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 22 June 2023
Visiting the Fun Shop is a little like walking through a fabulous rabbit warren.
—Joe Heim, Washington Post, 14 June 2023
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
Somewhere amid the rabbit warren of backstage corridors here, work is underway to give its Lyttelton Theatre a huge restructure for The Effect.
—Kate Lloyd, Vogue, 18 July 2023
The rabbit warren of hallways and thinly-walled rooms felt insular at that hour, the click of stilettos on laminate less urgent than during the day.
—Hazlitt, 12 July 2023
Situated in the attic of the rambling 19th-century National Arts Club overlooking Gramercy Park, it’s reached via a rabbit warren of staircases and consists of a single room painted chartreuse yellow.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 22 June 2023
Visiting the Fun Shop is a little like walking through a fabulous rabbit warren.
—Joe Heim, Washington Post, 14 June 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rabbit warren
Noun
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In the United States alone, navigating the labyrinth of healthcare administrative tasks costs up to $265 billion annually, according to a 2023 McKinsey analysis.—
Jacob Miller,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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The 100-acre resort has a 45,000-square-foot waterpark with a labyrinth of waterslides.—
Jacqui Gifford,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Apr. 2025
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Then, wearing a VR headset, the participants used a joystick to navigate through a three-dimensional maze with landmark clues to find a treasure chest at the end.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
27 Apr. 2025
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The road to succeeding in school athletics has always seemed more like a maze than a path.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2025
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“Rabbit warren.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rabbit%20warren. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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