rat's nest
Example Sentences
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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
“It’s about a group of guys who unknowingly walked into this rat’s nest, and how political forces impacted a group of individuals.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2023
But the problem here is that it's causing a rat's nest of bad people talking other bad people into making bad choices, all feeding on each other's ugliest instincts.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2021
Annabeth stuck her head in—her blond hair in a rat’s nest.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
