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intertwine

[in-ter-twahyn] / ˌɪn tərˈtwaɪn /


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Throughout these tales, the careers of eminent scientific figures intertwine with the lives of ordinary people.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

There is no confession and no announcement; Joyce simply comes to realise, as the secrets accumulate and the women's lives intertwine, that her idea of a monogamous marriage has been a sham all along.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

The script’s two mysteries — why is Tau Ceti safe and why is Grace not — intertwine in flashbacks that are interesting enough for a while.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026

Can you talk a bit about how your professional life and cooking intertwine?

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2024

The minty smell of his soap, the warmth of his arms, how when our fingers intertwine, the brown of my skin and the brown of his are nearly a perfect match.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

U.S. regulators are now taking a closer look at the Wall Street playbook that effectively intertwines private credit with traditional life insurance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026

The deal further intertwines Musk's sprawling business empire, which already includes carmaker Tesla and social media platform X, formerly Twitter.

From Barron's ● Feb. 2, 2026

"But now there's a very direct lineage between local teams, larger structures like the NFL Academy, leagues and how it all intertwines."

From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2024

The revolving door intertwines downtown’s homeless population with homelessness across the region.

From Seattle Times ● May 12, 2024

The mother in clothing this germ of life commingles, intertwines, and insinuates her own spirit, at the same time educating, instructing, and determining its development according to the influence she imparts to it.

From Plain Talks on Avoided Subjects by Henry Newell Guernsey

But it does reveal how closely the language of hospitality is intertwined with the language of efficiency.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

With potential good and bad so intertwined, it is hard to know if the technology will bring a brighter future or darker days.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

Inevitably this discussion may become intertwined with the question of replacing the council tax.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Soon the two couples are intertwined, each looking to find some common ground.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

I simply intertwined my fingers and gazed at him, waiting.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer

"What it does portend, to me, is that Hong Kong will accelerate its economic intertwining with Beijing."

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

Ellison’s subject was America, whose many intertwining strands he saw as forming one great ecosystem.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026

The deal would signal a deeper "intertwining" of the government and private businesses in the US, following a trend seen elsewhere in places like China, Mr Nicholson told the BBC.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2025

In its graceful intertwining of meditation and obscenity, “Afternoons of Solitude” gives an ancient, controversial tradition the chance to shock and awe without hype or favor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2025

And again, on many places there was black cloth draped with intertwining ribbons of blue and gold.

From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi


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