rat's nest
Americannoun
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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
Guadagnino’s driving interest is attacking academia as a rat’s nest of egomaniacs and cowards and insular, faux-radical thinking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025
Mine was just a complete nightmare rat's nest and it's always the bane of my existence.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2023
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
She scramble out a bed, her hair in a rat’s nest.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
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