interstice
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Dark in truck except for crack of light and fresh air coming through small interstice between back doors.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2013
Alejandra therefore sits at the exact interstice of prohibition and possibility.
From Slate ● Feb. 1, 2013
The precipice Hath part, and parts in many an interstice Lurk of the tangled woodland—no light quest To find.
From The Bacchae of Euripides by Euripedes
I turn now to the literary work which filled every available interstice of time.
From The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice by Sir Leslie Stephen
The color is still left in every sheltered interstice of the foliage.
From The Stones of Venice, Volume II (of 3), by John Ruskin
On the roof, a 28½-foot travertine bench is installed along one side of a long pool that’s horizontally bisected by five thick concrete walls; Kalach, 63, calls the resulting interstices “cubicles.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2023
Today cornfields stretch to the horizon, but crowded into their interstices are fragments of the prairie that once covered this part of the state.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 13, 2023
Given how much executive authority lies tucked away in the interstices of federal law, just waiting to be exploited, it’s remarkable that presidents have not abused it more blatantly.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 3, 2022
This narrative fills the interstices of the show.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2022
Listen to this: “The dynamic interstices of the Harlem sub-culture have been oversimplified and distorted by Malcolm X to meet his own needs.”
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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Ender's Game
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