cat's cradle

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Recent Examples of cat's cradle The image on the Leopoldstadt playbill is of a young Jewish child playing with a cat's cradle. Christian Holub, EW.com, 13 Oct. 2022 But that string can still be made into something perfect: As Ludwig lovingly points out to his grand-nephews, the knots in the cat's cradle always stay the same distance apart no matter how the configuration is manipulated. Christian Holub, EW.com, 13 Oct. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cat's cradle
Noun
  • Meanwhile, Mark is determined to solve the Gemma/Miss Casey question and rescue either or both of them (preferably both) from the labyrinth of Lumen's corridors and conference rooms.
    Tom Gliatto, People.com, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Is this a burgeoning love affair or just another con job stacked on top of a labyrinth of deceptions?
    Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The challenge is cutting through the maze of myths and taking an intelligent approach to recovery.
    Vijay Menon, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Tracking Liam down at a maze of a house, Nolan fell through a weak floor, as Miles watched.
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 25 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Why isn’t there space for an organic unfurling, a messy tangle of threads that overlap and deviate?
    Rebekah Taussig, TIME, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Figuring out why tangles are so tricky could help scientists predict when people’s snap judgments about a physical situation are likely to be wrong, leading to unsafe reactions.
    Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Image For Meghan, the incident is the latest snarl in her efforts to create a lifestyle brand.
    Katie Van Syckle, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Still, in the cadre of causes (which include supply chain snarls, shifts in demand and spending patterns and Russia’s war in Ukraine) some prominent economists have said the massive fiscal packages passed under Trump and Biden stoked demand.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN, 19 Jan. 2025

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“Cat's cradle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cat%27s%20cradle. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.

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