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interlock

[in-ter-lok, in-ter-lok, in-ter-lok] / ˌɪn tərˈlɒk, ˈɪn tərˌlɒk, ˈɪn tərˌlɒk /


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"Let's take sand as an example. Sand is smooth and convex-shaped, meaning it cannot interlock from grain to grain," PhD student Youhan Sohn said.

From Science Daily Jun. 15, 2026

Also like MBS and CDS, new financial assets have begun to interlock in odd, hard-to-understand ways with traditional financial products.

From Barron's Feb. 24, 2026

I’m interested in the scripts on the field and off, and the plotlines that interlock.

From Slate Jan. 30, 2024

Oh, did I say that many of these boxes are designed to interlock one on top of another as a system?

From Seattle Times Jan. 29, 2024

The rovers are macie to interlock so one can tow the other.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

Park’s directorial vernacular, which pairs brutal subject matter with black comedy, interlocks neatly with Nguyen’s satirical style.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 11, 2024

The subfloor needs to be in the same plane so the LVP interlocks and stays locked when you walk on it.

From Seattle Times Mar. 4, 2024

The pizza will also be served in a round pizza box, which is industrially compostable and interlocks with other boxes for stability.

From The Verge Oct. 22, 2019

Highlights include that we have laws requiring seatbelt use, prohibiting texting while driving and using ignition interlocks on people with DUI convictions.

From Washington Times Jul. 12, 2017

She interlocks her hand with mine as we enter the treatment salon.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

The school alarm would pierce the air and teachers would instruct us to slide from our chairs, crouch under our desks facing the floor, and place our hands, fingers interlocked, over our necks.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 26, 2026

That thread is exquisitely interlocked with a sensitive, sharp portrait of the interiority of someone searching for agency while in the throes of dementia.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 27, 2025

"Then I interlocked arms with him so I knew he wouldn't go anywhere, I waved to my dad and started heading out."

From BBC May 3, 2025

Before police cleared the area around Hamilton Hall on April 30, 30 or so students interlocked arms outside the building in a human barricade to protect the protesters inside.

From Slate Jun. 4, 2024

Its face was as solid as a mask, the interlocked feathers unmoving, yet the way it moved its head, those small angles, they communicated a world.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi

In the worm's jaws, sharper changes in strain across tiny regions appear to increase the interlocking of defects within the atomic structure, producing the characteristic size effect.

From Science Daily Jul. 16, 2026

Astrolabes are metallic disks with multi-layered, interlocking components that were historically used to tell the time, map the stars, the direction of Mecca and the motion of the sky.

From BBC Apr. 25, 2026

The monogram is not something that instantly screams “Los Angeles,” though the iconic Dodgers logo — interlocking white letters on a blue hat — is one of the most memorable monograms in the world.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 8, 2026

Around 95 million years ago, the Spinosaurus -- a massive beast with a blade-shaped head crest and interlocking teeth -- roamed the African continent.

From Barron's Feb. 27, 2026

He held her hand over the board and smoothly flattened their palms against each other, interlocking his fingers with hers.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas




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