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labyrinthine

[lab-uh-rin-thin, -theen] / ˌlæb əˈrɪn θɪn, -θin /


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Jorge Luis Borges, for instance, who began translating Kafka in 1938, was attracted to the labyrinthine nature of the stories, which, Ms. Hruska writes, combine the paradoxical qualities of “brevity and endlessness.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

It requires a labyrinthine permitting process any time a “major emitting facility” is built, requiring air-quality modeling and public hearings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

For now, the mood is exuberant at Renate, a labyrinthine club with multiple DJs housed in a dimly-lit complex near the Spree river, a Berlin institution which recently celebrated its 18th birthday.

From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025

Many performing arts centers contain labyrinthine windowless rooms underground for dressing, makeup and costumes, although it remains unclear if these were the rooms Trump was referring to.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2025

After around eight hours on the bus, we pulled into the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York City, an enormous, labyrinthine building in the middle of the city.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana




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