anthill

Example Sentences

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The position is so vast and covered in trenches, bunkers and tunnels that some parts have been compared to an anthill.

From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2023

“But if you’re in charge of a hydroelectric green-energy project and there’s an anthill in the region to be flooded, too bad for the ants. Let’s not place humanity in the position of those ants.”

From Slate • May 9, 2023

Mayor Anatoliy Fedoruk, who likened the rebuilding to a bustling anthill, said residents are eager to close a deeply painful chapter.

From Reuters • Mar. 30, 2023

All this has had the uncomfortable effect of "shaking a stick inside an anthill", it suggests.

From BBC • Sep. 21, 2018

The lift doors opened; the old witch with the anthill hair left, and Ron darted past her out of sight.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling