labyrinthine

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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

U.S. interest in commercial nuclear power weakened over time because of the industry’s immense capital costs, labyrinthine regulations, high-profile reactor accidents and public-safety concerns.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Levi’s Stadium was transformed into a labyrinthine sugarcane field, perhaps as a nod to Central San Vicente, the first sugarcane refinery in Puerto Rico, established in 1873 in Bad Bunny’s hometown of Vega Baja.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2026

The result is a labyrinthine layout that invites visitors to wander, exploring every line, shade, and shadow as if following Husain's own brushstrokes.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2025

Everyone, from goblin to the Gentry to the High King’s mortal Court Poet and Seneschal, barely gives me a passing look as I find my clumsy way through the labyrinthine halls.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black