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entwine

[en-twahyn] / ɛnˈtwaɪn /


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“Making the decision to entwine your financial life with that of strangers can be a really bad idea,” said Maria Gray, who moved to the Upper Woodies about a year-and-a-half before the fires.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026

On the surface, they entail a diplomatic entente among nations, while at a deeper level they entwine themselves within the cultures, commerce and values of countless societies.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2024

Women’s images are abundant, and multiple artistic traditions gracefully entwine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 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

I felt as if we were two small trees standing beside each other, leaning towards each other, our branches and twigs starting to entwine, bonded by our secret and by our growing friendship.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

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

What entwines Parsons and Joshua Tree is not only his death there but also what followed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2023

I love the way this simple, guitar-driven meditation on early spring entwines the personal with the more cosmic cycling of the seasons: “Springtime’s coming, that means you’ll be coming back around/New onions growing underground.”

From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2023

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

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

Funny, seeing our palms and fingers entwined, I could be clasping Dad’s or Trey’s hand.

From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

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

Those two art forms are just at their kind of perfect entwining in “Succession.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 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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