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entwine

[en-twahyn] / ɛnˈtwaɪn /


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“Making the decision to entwine your financial life with that of strangers can be a really bad idea,” said Maria Gray, who moved to the Upper Woodies about a year-and-a-half before the fires.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026

On the surface, they entail a diplomatic entente among nations, while at a deeper level they entwine themselves within the cultures, commerce and values of countless societies.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2024

On “The Sphinx,” their two voices entwine in an off-kilter unison, Cherry’s pocket cornet doubling Coleman’s plastic saxophone.

From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2024

“It was really important to make that journey and entwine those two characters,” Collins notes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2023

Here may it wave, our boast, our pride And join in love together The thistle, shamrock, rose entwine The Maple Leaf forever.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

It entwines with healthy cells, meaning it can't be removed surgically.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2023

The wrap visually entwines the culture, community and colours of Notting Hill Carnival and the 75-year history of Windrush, TfL said.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2023

Still, trade entwines the U.S. and Chinese economies.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 2, 2023

The film loosely entwines its real-world pranks with an overarching story that knows itself to be a farce, but can’t help but be burdened by its halfhearted tries at sincerity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2021

My green cloud entwines with his silver one, and I feel the recent tension between us lift a little.

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass

The stories of Anne, Naomi and Chelsey, told in flashbacks and present-day chapters, become entwined in surprising ways.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

For Osborne, the tapestry tells a story of destruction and invasion, but also of two nations, two peoples, forever entwined.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

Raves have become entwined with D&B’s push to boost its numbers, a way the company is trying to distinguish itself in the ubercompetitive “eatertainment” landscape that it helped create.

From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026

The U.S. case against a Mexican governor is entwined with the mysterious kidnapping of Sinaloa cartel kingpin Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

Mingo’s daughters wore bright blue dresses, their long pigtails entwined with white ribbons.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

The message harked back to the old U.S. policy of further entwining the American and Chinese economies, breaking with an approach pioneered during the first Trump administration to untangle business ties, largely for national-security reasons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

Pets and humans have ever-broader options for entwining their daily lives, routines and milestone moments.

From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2025

In the adept lithograph “Angels and Airplanes,” Russia’s Natalia Goncharova gives her blessing to the erupting conflagration by entwining unearthly militarism and Orthodox religiosity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2023

Since that melancholic night nearly four decades ago, Ms. Komara has refashioned an ancient art by entwining disparate textile traditions with an aesthetic all her own to create a modern Indonesian silhouette.

From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2023

I feel it wrapping around me, entwining me in sharp fibers.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins


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