interlocking

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Set in Mexico, the film stars Mexican-born Anthony Quinn as a brilliant but aging matador facing interlocking personal crises, and Maureen O’Hara as the wealthy American who sets her cap for him.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 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

Nuances of the interlocking set of official inflation measures—the Labor Department’s consumer- and producer-price indexes, both of which feed into the Commerce Department’s PCE reading—usually attract attention only from technical experts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 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

The Paqo and this man stood nose to nose, interlocking gazes with an intensity that caused me to avert my eyes.

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis