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hor·net's nest
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Princeton's WordNet
hornet's nest, hornets' nestnoun
a highly contentious or hazardous situation
"talk of invading Iraq stirred up a political hornets' nest"
wasp's nest, wasps' nest, hornet's nest, hornets' nestnoun
habitation for wasps or hornets
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hornet's nest
A hornet's nest refers to the dwelling or habitat of a colony of hornets, typically in the shape of a large, roundish ball made of a paper-like material produced by the hornets. By extension, it can also mean a complicated, troublesome, or risky situation, often involving conflicts or controversies.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of hornet's nest in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of hornet's nest in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of hornet's nest in a Sentence
I am kicking the hornet’s nest, as much as I can, i think it’s important to lean into the controversy because I know so much more about it now. I think now enough time has passed where people are starting to see the ridiculousness of what happened to me, and they’re seeing other people that Trump has done it [too].
Putin is not a good strategist. He is stirring up a hornet's nest of Sunni Muslims who will hold a grudge against him, he already had an internal problem with Islamist extremism and he now has an external problem since ISIS was responsible for the Sinai plane bombing.
Aziz is highly critical of the Pakistani government but Islamabad knows he commands a sizable following and claim they have no legal grounds to arrest or convict him. Ultimately, they’ve decided it’s best to avoid stirring the hornet’s nest, even if means quietly allowing the swarm to proliferate, ideally, Pakistan would pass legislation or criminal justice reforms outlawing the type of hate speech espoused by Aziz and his ilk, and then deal with them through the appropriate legal mechanisms.
It's been all about pressure and brinksmanship and military tools and tactics and( chest-thumping), and now to literally, directly taunt the leader of North Korea is like poking the hornet's nest yet again.
It's been all about pressure and brinksmanship and military tools and tactics and chess something, and now to literally, directly taunt the leader of North Korea is like poking the hornet's nest yet again, if you do this kind of ratcheting (up) of rhetorical tensions but also sending military hardware into the region, if you do that absent of any kind of offramp or door or window for the North Koreans to consider walking through and reengaging in any sort of discussions, bad things are going to happen.
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