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interlace

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


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That vertical and horizontal interlace — a grid — had been a fundamental structure for Modern abstraction, which was being entirely rethought after the 1960s.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2023

I reach for Michael's hand and interlace our fingers.

From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2022

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

From Washington Post ● Jan. 28, 2022

The minor march and its major antidote stare at each other across section breaks, socially distanced, unable to interlace.

From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2020

I slide my steepled fingers, slowly, watching them interlace.

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

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

Jason Elliott, Newsom’s top housing advisor, said the governor’s budget interlaces housing, cost-of-living and climate policies to simultaneously address California’s top issues.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2022

Like the concluding scene of a Shakespearean romance, it interlaces a variety of jangling, disparate elements into the semblance of cosmic harmony.

From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2019

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

He shares an unusually compelling musical rapport with his associates, especially through impressive unison lines and thoughtfully interlaced phrases with Mr. Light on “Kevin Sun I.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026

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

As the star shows began, our fingers interlaced in the dark.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2023

Luna interlaced her fingers with her grandmother’s and held on desperately.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill

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

This “big melt” could wreak havoc on the towns and farms that line the rivers and irrigation channels interlacing the Central Valley.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2023

Winnie had been no more than two slow minutes walking timidly under the interlacing branches when she wondered why she had never come here before.

From "Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbit




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