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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

Rubin, being a columnist, does intersperse some opinion and analysis into her storytelling.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 7, 2021

They will believe anything you say, even when you intersperse unrealities, because they feel the truth of your experience.

From Take Me for a Ride: coming of age in a destructive cult by Mark Eliot Laxer

In the book, subtitled “Love, Loss, and a Really Long Walk,” the author intersperses dispatches from her trip with harrowing personal reflections on marriage, motherhood and the self.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 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

“L.A. Interchanges” intersperses personal memories with a much-needed roll call of bars, clubs, publications, organizations and individuals whose names still haven’t made it into mainstream LGBTQ+ histories of Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 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 same pattern will continue until the end of the week with overnight frost and fog most widespread in northern areas of the UK, and daytime sunny spells interspersed with showers.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

But the planning now is interspersed with prayers for a speedy post-surgery recovery that would allow him to make good on his plans.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

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

Anecdotes and analysis are interspersed with photos of all sorts of sofas and couches, calling into question ideas about where and how we find respite and support — or not.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 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

Streams that began as focused chess sessions gradually loosened into something more freewheeling, with Raina interspersing gameplay with jokes and self-deprecating commentary, often engaging directly with the live chat.

From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026

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

Wildhack then introduced Boeheim, who received a 20-second standing ovation and spoke for 11 minutes, interspersing his comments with humor, characteristic defiance and uncharacteristic emotion.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 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

They lingered long over the board, protracting the feast far after the fall of night and interspersing it with pleasant conversation.

From The Masters of the Peaks A Story of the Great North Woods by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler


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