as in labyrinth
a confusing and complicated arrangement of passages
got lost in the warren of interconnected side streets
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Recent Examples of warren
Beavers Side-by-Side rents a variety of ATVs for navigating a warren of backcountry routes.
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Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 8 Aug. 2025
May 1953 maps included a warren of Foreign Streets and a series of Foreign Shops before the Main Street U.S.A. concept was settled on.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 7 Aug. 2025
In both the novel and the report, Afghan fighters—many of them with day jobs as American security contractors—fire from the rooftops as the Marines penetrate a warren of mud-walled compounds.
—Book Marks
august 7, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
Seek Out Inspirations In Marrakech’s Souks The warren-like souks in the heart of the city are a mine of joyous, idiosyncratic design.
—Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
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Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 8 Aug. 2025
May 1953 maps included a warren of Foreign Streets and a series of Foreign Shops before the Main Street U.S.A. concept was settled on.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 7 Aug. 2025
In both the novel and the report, Afghan fighters—many of them with day jobs as American security contractors—fire from the rooftops as the Marines penetrate a warren of mud-walled compounds.
—Book Marks
august 7, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
Seek Out Inspirations In Marrakech’s Souks The warren-like souks in the heart of the city are a mine of joyous, idiosyncratic design.
—Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for warren
Noun
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What was supposed to be a quick stop turned into a labyrinth of family secrets and lies Tommy thought were long buried.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
2 Oct. 2025
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Also, any excuse to watch Bill Nighy, who stars as Doctor Lazarus, whose death plunges his forensic psychologist son (Sam Clafin) into a labyrinth of family mysteries.—
Emily Temple
September 30,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Only Kordia — mischaracterized by the government, largely overlooked by the public and caught in a legal maze — languishes in detention.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
3 Oct. 2025
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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
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“Warren.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warren. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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