interlock
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Put your other hand on top of the first and interlock your fingers.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
"Let's take sand as an example. Sand is smooth and convex-shaped, meaning it cannot interlock from grain to grain," PhD student Youhan Sohn said.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 15, 2026
Also like MBS and CDS, new financial assets have begun to interlock in odd, hard-to-understand ways with traditional financial products.
From Barron's ● Feb. 24, 2026
One of the toughest challenges was figuring out how the two halves of “Here We Are” interlock.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2023
Her palm opens, and eventually I feel her little finger interlock with mine.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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Park’s directorial vernacular, which pairs brutal subject matter with black comedy, interlocks neatly with Nguyen’s satirical style.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
The subfloor needs to be in the same plane so the LVP interlocks and stays locked when you walk on it.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 4, 2024
What makes evaluating Apple’s potential overreach so complicated is that every criticism you can levy at the company interlocks.
From The Verge ● Jun. 21, 2019
Ignition interlocks for first-time offenders is a step out of the legislative dark ages for the commonwealth’s DUI laws.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 30, 2017
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She interlocks her hand with mine as we enter the treatment salon.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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"Ube really is, I would say, very interlocked with the Filipino identity," he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
The picture fuses interlocked storylines and blunt social commentary.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025
There were no fixed guards preventing access to the blades from the underside and there were not any interlocked guards which would stop the rotating blades.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2024
Before police cleared the area around Hamilton Hall on April 30, 30 or so students interlocked arms outside the building in a human barricade to protect the protesters inside.
From Slate ● Jun. 4, 2024
This version of the city was different—there were strange symbols on the four corners: a crescent moon, a trident, interlocked triangles, and a sun.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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Those patterns, according to the model, would help neighboring DNA molecules align with one another much like two interlocking spiral staircases.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
"Company" is a complex low-budget gothic drama that features several interlocking stories.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
Each forms an interlocking piece in his still-developing musical puzzle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Set in Mexico, the film stars Mexican-born Anthony Quinn as a brilliant but aging matador facing interlocking personal crises, and Maureen O’Hara as the wealthy American who sets her cap for him.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
I bit my lip and clasped my hands together, interlocking my fingers, so I couldn’t do anything rash.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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