rat's nest
Example Sentences
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Deftly unraveling the tangled politics of the moment, Mr. Wallace vividly shows La Guardia juggling factions of fusionist Republicans, communists, interventionists, isolationists, Tammany pols and a rat’s nest of the city’s fierce ethnic rivalries.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
His hair is a rat’s nest, and his raggedy cloak has been rendered with just a simple calligraphic loop.
From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2022
Please ignore the rat’s nest of cables peeking out behind them.
From The Verge • Aug. 20, 2021
But the problem here is that it's causing a rat's nest of bad people talking other bad people into making bad choices, all feeding on each other's ugliest instincts.
From Salon • Jul. 20, 2021
They were supposed to relieve another patrol, but who knew where anything was in this rat’s nest of a sector?
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
