hornet's nest
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Shadi lives in Melbourne, in Australia, but her parents' home is in a neighbourhood of Tehran known as "the hornet's nest".
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2026
Curiously, I never really got angry at the North Koreans, on the assumption that if you kick the hornet’s nest and get stung, you can’t really blame the hornets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
The Seahawks are heading into a hornet’s nest Sunday in Detroit.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 11, 2023
David Guillemard, a striker who has worked at the Total refinery for 22 years, said the back-to-work order had kicked a hornet’s nest.
From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2022
We were risking our skins in this hornet’s nest for some nuts?
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
"I very quickly realised that I had kicked a really nasty hornets' nest," Spinks told us.
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2025
In the meantime, the committee acted as if it knew it was about to make history and stir up a hornets’ nest of trouble, passing the subpoena motion unanimously in four minutes with no debate.
From Slate ● Oct. 18, 2024
By Wednesday, he was in the center of a hornets’ nest.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2023
Such propositions might seem simple, but arguing against economic growth, Dr. Daly wrote in a foreword to Mr. Victor’s book, was like poking “a big hornets’ nest with a short stick.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 8, 2022
It reminded Selmy of the sound a hornets’ nest might make an instant before hornets all came boiling out.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
