cat's cradle

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Recent Examples of cat's cradle The image on the Leopoldstadt playbill is of a young Jewish child playing with a cat's cradle. Christian Holub, EW.com, 13 Oct. 2022 But that string can still be made into something perfect: As Ludwig lovingly points out to his grand-nephews, the knots in the cat's cradle always stay the same distance apart no matter how the configuration is manipulated. Christian Holub, EW.com, 13 Oct. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cat's cradle
Noun
  • Practically every type of metal and e-waste is recycled somewhere in this labyrinth.
    Vince Beiser, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
  • In Greek mythology, the Minotaur — with the head of a bull and body of a man — was imprisoned at the center of a labyrinth in Crete and ate anyone who couldn’t find their way out.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • In the 10-minute sequence, Miller presents a dark, volatile and gory sequence of creepy humanoid-like Pac-Man who must move through a maze by brutally annihilating everything in sight.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 10 Dec. 2024
  • In a haze of chiaroscuro images, the film envisions post-Thatcher society as a maze of sociological, ideological, and financial dead ends.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • As the myriad plot points tangle and hit critical mass, supporting players Sarah Goldberg, Trevor White, Miriam Petche and Jay Duplass deliver gems.
    Carole Horst, Variety, 14 Dec. 2024
  • However, when it’s modified, tau can form toxic aggregates – tangles that degrade these key structures.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Michigan, New York and other parts of the Great Lakes region remain on alert as lake-effect snow continues to create near-whiteout conditions, leading to dangerous traffic snarls in some areas since Friday.
    Ashley R. Williams, CNN, 30 Nov. 2024
  • Now, with several states already in the process of sending and receiving mail-in ballots, voters might look at the supply chain snarls and immediate price spikes as one more reason not to vote to keep the status quo.
    Max Thornberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 3 Oct. 2024

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“Cat's cradle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cat%27s%20cradle. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.

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