intercalate

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“The messenger RNA from the vaccine does not form a triple helix, and it certainly doesn’t intercalate with the DNA to form a triple helix in any way,” Kuritzkes said.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 7, 2022

To rectify this discrepancy we must intercalate 10 minutes by stopping the clock until it is 6 by the regulator.

From Our Calendar by Packer, George Nichols

The viewer can even intercalate any person in the cast, even himself or herself, and deliver a character's lines.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai

In this case, the palaeontologist is called upon suddenly to intercalate about 800 species of Mollusca and Radiata, between the fauna of the Lower Lias and that of the Middle Trias.

From The Antiquity of Man by Lyell, Charles, Sir

Perhaps here would be a fit place to intercalate a description of the native youth whose name forms the title-page to this strange historical romance.

From My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave A Story of Central Africa by Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton)