cat's cradle

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as in labyrinth

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  1. labyrinth
  2. maze
  3. tangle
  4. snarl
Noun
  • Old school computer gamers will be intimately familiar with the dungeon crawler genre, popularized by games like Wizardry and Eye of the Beholder, which involves moving in first-person on a grid, taking on monsters, finding treasure and delving deeper into a labyrinth.
    — Jason Bennett, Arkansas Online, 28 June 2026
  • Under the streets of Paris, a 75-mile labyrinth of pipes is at work trying to keep the parts of the city cool.
    — Francois de Beaupuy, Fortune, 28 June 2026
Definition of labyrinth
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  • Located in a pasture that extends from outside her winter house all the way down to her long boxwood allée, the maze is now near completion, with her gardeners and outdoor grounds crew having just planted the last section.
    — Martha Stewart, Martha Stewart, 2 July 2026
  • With their billowing sails, teakwood decks and mazes of ropes and rigging, ships like Eagle draw throngs of visitors hoping to get a glimpse of the past.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 1 July 2026
Definition of maze
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  • They’re immediately pulled into a tangle of police reports, hospital notifications, insurance calls, and legal questions that can feel impossible to sort through while grieving.
    — William Jones, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 June 2026
  • Richie Laryea for Canada burst into the box in a good position but was brought to ground amid a tangle of legs with South Africa’s Khuliso Mudau.
    — Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 28 June 2026
Definition of tangle
Noun
  • Downtown traffic is a snarl and parking isn’t easy even on routine days.
    — Howard Cohen June 24, Miami Herald, 24 June 2026
  • Multiple inbound lanes are blocked as a result, causing a massive traffic snarl and backup.
    — Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 17 June 2026
Definition of snarl
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