as in maze
a confusing and complicated arrangement of passages
we eventually realized that we were lost in the labyrinth of hallways in the museum
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For the office scenes, the cast spent months at a time inside a windowless set, on a sound stage in the Bronx, wandering through a labyrinth of blinding-white Lumon hallways.
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Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
The quest for clarity sends men, women, and children through a labyrinth of official and unofficial detention centers.
—Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2024
The true challenges of the oil world lie in the long hours spent negotiating, planning, and navigating the labyrinth of rules and regulations that govern every part of the business.
—Jay R. Young, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
And, like Mikey, Ryan's had to figure out the Jackson housing labyrinth.
—Outside Online, 18 Dec. 2024
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Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
The quest for clarity sends men, women, and children through a labyrinth of official and unofficial detention centers.
—Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2024
The true challenges of the oil world lie in the long hours spent negotiating, planning, and navigating the labyrinth of rules and regulations that govern every part of the business.
—Jay R. Young, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
And, like Mikey, Ryan's had to figure out the Jackson housing labyrinth.
—Outside Online, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Labyrinth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/labyrinth. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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