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Recent Examples of spiderweb
There was an old spiderweb still clinging to the railing by her front door.
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Mona Awad, New Yorker, 20 July 2025
This view shows some of the rover’s first looks at a region that has only been viewed from space until now, and where the surface is crisscrossed with spiderweb-like patterns.
—Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 27 June 2025
By now, the spiderweb invoked as the show’s title is pretty much in focus, with very different pieces in very different rooms nonetheless intertwined with one another.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2025
The figure-hugging Zuhair Murad gown is made with a knitted black fabric designed to look like a spiderweb and features a voluminous black shawl detail around the star's shoulders.
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 21 May 2025
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Mona Awad, New Yorker, 20 July 2025
This view shows some of the rover’s first looks at a region that has only been viewed from space until now, and where the surface is crisscrossed with spiderweb-like patterns.
—Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 27 June 2025
By now, the spiderweb invoked as the show’s title is pretty much in focus, with very different pieces in very different rooms nonetheless intertwined with one another.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2025
The figure-hugging Zuhair Murad gown is made with a knitted black fabric designed to look like a spiderweb and features a voluminous black shawl detail around the star's shoulders.
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 21 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spiderweb
Noun
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Your higher power can be an elephant or a cobweb in a corner.—
Calvin Tomkins,
The New Yorker,
9 Dec. 2024
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But when strung together in a cobweb of obfuscation, the result is bewilderment, not communication; suspicion, not trust.—
Rodger Dean Duncan,
Forbes,
3 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Maybe the labyrinth was all bull.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Pieces include a glass labyrinth by Roy Lichtenstein, a Ferris wheel by Basquiat, a forest-like pavilion by David Hockney, and other quirky attractions.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Spiderweb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spiderweb. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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