entwine
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And so it goes in “The Last Kings of Hollywood,” as the lives and ambitions of Messrs. Coppola, Lucas and Spielberg entwine around one another in a triple helix.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
This further helped entwine wedding planning with aspirations of luxury and glamor.
From Salon ● Apr. 12, 2024
On “The Sphinx,” their two voices entwine in an off-kilter unison, Cherry’s pocket cornet doubling Coleman’s plastic saxophone.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2024
Ms Yellen too has made clear that severing the deep economic ties that now entwine the US and Chinese economies would hurt everyone.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2023
Our brown hands entwine beneath moonshine, clasping all the love we'll ever need—
From "Bronx Masquerade" by Nikki Grimes
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It entwines with healthy cells, meaning it can't be removed surgically.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2023
The wrap visually entwines the culture, community and colours of Notting Hill Carnival and the 75-year history of Windrush, TfL said.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2023
Still, trade entwines the U.S. and Chinese economies.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 2, 2023
The film loosely entwines its real-world pranks with an overarching story that knows itself to be a farce, but can’t help but be burdened by its halfhearted tries at sincerity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2021
My green cloud entwines with his silver one, and I feel the recent tension between us lift a little.
From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass
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The entwined stories of Clara and Brahms call to mind their uneven fate, how her influence over what would come to be considered essential in music benefited him and ultimately shut her out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
"Progress and tradition can be nonlinear, even entwined," he says, "rather than strictly opposing forces."
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
While the exhibit is enabled by the entwined ubiquity of the English language and the internet, the artists know these technologies aren’t transparent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Raves have become entwined with D&B’s push to boost its numbers, a way the company is trying to distinguish itself in the ubercompetitive “eatertainment” landscape that it helped create.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
I thought about Hailsham closing, and how it was like someone coming along with a pair of shears and snipping the balloon strings just where they entwined above the man’s fist.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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Europa, the king’s daughter, becomes enamored of the creature, entwining his horns with flowers and caressing him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Pets and humans have ever-broader options for entwining their daily lives, routines and milestone moments.
From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2025
In the adept lithograph “Angels and Airplanes,” Russia’s Natalia Goncharova gives her blessing to the erupting conflagration by entwining unearthly militarism and Orthodox religiosity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2023
Komara changed the ancient art by entwining disparate textile traditions with an aesthetic all her own to create a modern Indonesian silhouette.
From New York Times ● Jul. 3, 2023
Mum Olga sighed, entwining her arm in his.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
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