rat's nest

noun

1. mare's-nest ( def 2 ).

Example Sentences

Milei, who ran against “thieving politicians,” has run into resistance from Argentina’s combustible Congress, which he calls “the rat’s nest.”

From Seattle Times

Even the response on Twitter, which has turned into a rat's nest of MAGA-fried idiocy under Elon Musk's leadership, was surprisingly muted.

From Salon

Desperate for content that might attract Disney+ streaming subscribers, Disney had Marvel start churning out television series, which resulted in visual effects of wildly varying quality and a rat’s nest of story lines that even some ardent fans, not to mention casual ones, had a hard time following.

From New York Times

Former President Donald Trump is pleading with New York state’s appeals court to intervene in his civil fraud case, saying an ongoing trial has ensnared his business empire in a “rat’s nest of New York Democrat corruption.”

From Washington Times

Mine was just a complete nightmare rat's nest and it's always the bane of my existence.

From Salon

Related Words

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