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interlace

[in-ter-leys, in-ter-leys] / ˌɪn tərˈleɪs, ˈɪn tərˌleɪs /


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Those concepts interlace in his ossuary, enlivened when he plays his tenderly kept records, remnants of human joy all but lost to a Rage pestilence.

From Salon Jan. 23, 2026

The trick, said Pennes, is to grow vegetables and fruits in separate raised beds and then interlace the remaining ground with native plants.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 8, 2025

A 14th-century Hebrew Bible shimmers with Islamic interlace patterns.

From New York Times Feb. 3, 2022

The totems interlace fabric, twine and what sometimes appear to be animal or human organs.

From Washington Post Jan. 28, 2022

For the first time, I notice they don’t interlace smoothly.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson

Compositionally, they’re action-packed interlaces of figures and words: lyrics, rap group names, magical numbers, and place names spelled in Arabic, Chinese, English, Hindi, Spanish and Twi.

From New York Times Apr. 5, 2023

“Eat Your Mind” effectively interlaces Acker’s books with the events in her life.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 21, 2022

The record, which interlaces experimental production with Afro-Colombian musical roots, references in its name the 2015 Miss Universe pageant debacle, when Steve Harvey erroneously declared Miss Colombia the winner instead of Miss Philippines.

From Washington Post Apr. 6, 2022

Rambling as in a Richard Linklater film, they stroll at a lusciously easy speed, as the show’s attention to place interlaces with a search for self.

From The New Yorker Sep. 2, 2018

And her palm brushes the inside of your wrist as she interlaces her fingers with yours to pull you to the door.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone

"Dao" depicts two interlaced events: a wedding near Paris and a funeral ceremony in Guinea-Bissau.

From Barron's Feb. 16, 2026

Gathering bits and pieces as rendered in English, the songs are remarkably conversational and down to earth, with humor and fragments of pop culture interlaced with poetic musings.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 11, 2025

Participants, now paired up, gripped hands with their partners, fingers interlaced, gazing into one another’s eyes.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 9, 2025

The Phryges are red, white and blue to reflect France’s tri-colored flag and wear the gold Paris 2024 logo — including the Olympic symbol of five interlaced rings — on their chests.

From Salon Jul. 25, 2024

In places, their branches met above our heads and interlaced, nearly blocking out the light of the half moon.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood

An interlacing of memoir and anecdote, it begins with the author as a young boy, growing up in Brooklyn, N.Y., left agog by the Bronx Zoo’s immersive Amazon exhibit.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 29, 2026

Imagine interlacing clips of a baby taking a bath in a sink with “Country Roads.”

From Slate Feb. 10, 2025

Besides interlacing environmental, scientific and social themes that whirl through zealotry and nihilism, it’s also a first-contact scenario that forces a reckoning.

From Salon Mar. 21, 2024

Coldplay is renowned for interlacing its values with its shows, such as the band’s push for environmental sustainability.

From Seattle Times Nov. 10, 2023

He reached up and took her hand in his, the interlacing of their fingers so right, so overdue.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez




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