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intertwine

[in-ter-twahyn] / ˌɪn tərˈtwaɪn /


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Throughout these tales, the careers of eminent scientific figures intertwine with the lives of ordinary people.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

There is no confession and no announcement; Joyce simply comes to realise, as the secrets accumulate and the women's lives intertwine, that her idea of a monogamous marriage has been a sham all along.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Julee Cruise’s siren vocals intertwine with imperceptible grooves that swell like gentle ocean waves.

From Salon Jan. 29, 2025

In this vision of marriage, spouses don’t occupy separate gender-based spheres; they intertwine their lives, each working to strengthen the scaffolding that supports the other.

From Slate Aug. 21, 2024

The stems twist and intertwine, the branches cluster with red berries, purple flowers.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

Chapter by chapter, the author intertwines the sagas of both sets of grandparents.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 7, 2026

The deal further intertwines Musk's sprawling business empire, which already includes carmaker Tesla and social media platform X, formerly Twitter.

From Barron's Feb. 2, 2026

The New Yorker’s Grann intertwines the racism and injustices of 1920s Oklahoma, corruption of local authorities and the mysterious deaths of several Osage people, mostly women.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 14, 2025

"But now there's a very direct lineage between local teams, larger structures like the NFL Academy, leagues and how it all intertwines."

From BBC Dec. 28, 2024

Nevertheless, since it intertwines itself with nearly every other question of moment, a few remarks by an outsider may be acceptable.

From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne

The allure of her physicality and personality seemed intertwined: She was often shown laughing or making others laugh, dressed stylishly, and was known to tap-dance spontaneously in elevators.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

Owens saw clearly, Spencer said, how culture and politics were intertwined.

From Salon Aug. 26, 2026

They played together for seven years at club level and shared the pitch 262 times for club and country, and their careers have remained closely intertwined since.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

Olsen: Do you find, especially in the way that your personal and professional lives are intertwined, is it good that you have each other to keep yourselves in check?

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

Instead, like a lot of parents, I clung to my children, my fear and love intertwined.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

It’s also a touching nod to the past, gracefully intertwining aspects of “Metropolitan” and “Dead Poets Society.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

The deal would signal a deeper "intertwining" of the government and private businesses in the US, following a trend seen elsewhere in places like China, Mr Nicholson told the BBC.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2025

In its graceful intertwining of meditation and obscenity, “Afternoons of Solitude” gives an ancient, controversial tradition the chance to shock and awe without hype or favor.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 18, 2025

In Mussolini’s Italy, intellectuals were coerced into swearing loyalty to the fascist state, and scholarship became a tool of nationalist propaganda, intertwining classical myths with imperial ambition.

From Salon Jun. 29, 2025

Locke’s backup follows, falling not too far from Kara’s, the low ripples of the two meeting, intertwining, and gently fanning out to become nothing at all.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson




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