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
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.
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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
Orfield Laboratories is laid out like a rabbit warren: a largely windowless hodgepodge of isolated rooms and passageways of unpredictable sizes and shapes arranged along a meandering path of blind curves.
—Caity Weaver, New York Times, 23 Nov. 2022
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
Orfield Laboratories is laid out like a rabbit warren: a largely windowless hodgepodge of isolated rooms and passageways of unpredictable sizes and shapes arranged along a meandering path of blind curves.
—Caity Weaver, New York Times, 23 Nov. 2022
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“Rabbit warren.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rabbit%20warren. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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