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labyrinthine

[lab-uh-rin-thin, -theen] / ˌlæb əˈrɪn θɪn, -θin /


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They were being taken on a tour of the labyrinthine building in between meetings with Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch and their appointment at Downing Street with the prime minister.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

What follows is a fittingly labyrinthine examination of our obsession with the past, and our envy of those who can see it more clearly than we can.

From Salon • May 30, 2026

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

For now, the mood is exuberant at Renate, a labyrinthine club with multiple DJs housed in a dimly-lit complex near the Spree river, a Berlin institution which recently celebrated its 18th birthday.

From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025

In the labyrinthine Ministry the windowless, air-conditioned rooms kept their normal temperature, but outside the pavements scorched one’s feet and the stench of the Tubes at the rush hours was a horror.

From "1984" by George Orwell




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