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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

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

From The Verge Jan. 31, 2022

When ready to make the drink, intersperse the watermelon ice cubes with regular ice and cucumber wheels.

From Washington Post Aug. 20, 2021

The simplest plan will be to give a few instances of the different kinds, and to intersperse among them such further explanations as may seem necessary.

From Clairvoyance by Leadbeater, C. W. (Charles Webster)

Mr. Dillon intersperses his more academic chapters with occasional descriptions of Shanghai’s neighborhoods, temples and shops as they appear today.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 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

In interspersed interviews, Knoxville and his pals reminisce about their time together with a distinct wistfulness.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 12, 2026

“Lorne” walks viewers through the Monday-to-Saturday schedule, interspersed with memories from cast members, writers, producers and NBC execs past and present.

From Salon Apr. 19, 2026

Right now the site is a lattice of hulking steel frames covering an area the size of 30 football pitches, interspersed with cranes, earth movers and drainage channels.

From BBC Apr. 11, 2026

At the grave site, standing with Ernest, Mollie could hear the old people’s song of death, their chants interspersed with weeping.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

The book bristles with insight and originality, interspersing Vara’s more journalistic expositions with excurses and fragments curated from the author’s expansive digital life.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 22, 2025

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

From BBC Jan. 6, 2025

As the movie travels through the mid-’90s into the early 2000s, Rockwell chronicles a rapidly changing New York during the Rudy Giuliani and Mike Bloomberg mayorships, accented by interspersing real audio clips and speeches.

From Seattle Times Apr. 10, 2023

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

Fire!” and interspersing his fire-alarm with brisk drummings of his crutch against the footboard.

From Glory and the Other Girl by Donnell, Annie Hamilton




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