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intersperse

[in-ter-spurs] / ˌɪn tərˈspɜrs /


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While Hartman believes it’s best to intersperse the music between races, it’s not the only way to do things.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 27, 2024

In the fall of 2023, the museum will intersperse about a dozen of Hendricks’s portraits among its own holdings in an exhibition at its temporary home, Frick Madison.

From New York Times Jul. 13, 2022

Or even in the opening month, which will be a particularly challenging stretch for the Sounders in which they intersperse Champions League games with MLS while trying to integrate key new players like Albert Rusnak.

From Seattle Times Feb. 27, 2022

The same holds true for Peloton’s bootcamp classes, which intersperse floor exercises with cycling / running.

From The Verge Jan. 31, 2022

While Matthew gives it as a complete discourse, Mark and Luke intersperse the substance of the sermon throughout their Gospels; which is strong presumptive proof that it was not delivered as a connected discourse.

From The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets by Richard B. Westbrook

Vargas Llosa intersperses the story with nimbly delivered informational chapters explaining the history and influences of the Peruvian vals, or waltz, which synthesizes European and indigenous musical styles.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 20, 2026

Egoyan intersperses scenes set in the present with home video footage of Jeanine as a child, shot by her own father, blindfolded and doing strange dances in the woods.

From Salon Mar. 12, 2025

A vast number of caves and rock shelters intersperses the mountains.

From Science Daily Feb. 6, 2024

The film intersperses scenes of Hana’s budding love for Lt.

From New York Times Apr. 3, 2023

A Child of Our Time intersperses quasi-operatic narrative passages with arrangements of African-American spirituals, as Bach had done with Lutheran hymn-chorales in his oratorios on the passion and crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

The production is marked by a rare fluidity and ease, while at the same time bristling with energy and bright humor interspersed with moments of arresting, rich feeling.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

The recipes are interspersed with stories from Kwon’s childhood in the store and illustrated spreads devoted to ingredients such as seaweed and tofu, explaining their varieties, particular virtues and best uses.

From Salon Jul. 23, 2026

Each will exert an influence on our weather this week, which means spells of potentially hot sunshine interspersed with occasional bursts of rain.

From BBC Jun. 14, 2026

The walkways will be interspersed with plazas, small parks and exercise stations.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 12, 2026

Kira nodded and smoothed the robe again, finding the tragic toppling cities and the interspersed meadows of soft greens.

From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry

With a growing online fanbase, he started interspersing TikTok cover versions with snippets of originals.

From BBC Jan. 6, 2025

It reshaped the landscape of action storytelling with its revolutionary third-person perspective and its interspersing of loud, chaos with more soothing, relaxing moments.

From Washington Post Mar. 17, 2023

Many tried to present themselves as real people by interspersing Iranian poetry and photos of Persian food between political messages.

From New York Times Aug. 24, 2022

Try interspersing it with shorter plants and a little pruning to keep it looking tidy.

From Los Angeles Times May 24, 2022

The Hutchinsons of worldwide fame were present in their happiest vein, interspersing the speeches with appropriate songs and felicitous remarks.

From Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 by Elizabeth Cady Stanton




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