cobwebs
Britishplural noun
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mustiness, confusion, or obscurity
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informal stickiness of the eyelids experienced upon first awakening
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Brown is eager to wipe off the cobwebs that were growing between his fingers in Philly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
That was once the HBO way, after all: taking a chance on new visions, instead of blowing the cobwebs off old ones.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026
The room, indeed, appeared spooky and abandoned with cobwebs and Fey wearing a robe made out of Paddington, which she said she got after hosting “SNL UK” last month.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2026
"And when we added the methyl groups back to the genes, they turned off again. So, these compounds aren't cobwebs -- they're anchors."
From Science Daily ● Jan. 5, 2026
It had been such a rainy May, and the basement felt appropriately cryptlike: cobwebs around the doorframe ghosting our faces, that smell of dirt and rot and trapped air, and it was dark, totally dark.
From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth
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