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intermingle

[in-ter-ming-guhl] / ˌɪn tərˈmɪŋ gəl /


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Shots of children too absorbed in their tablets to play with each other intermingle with classic bickering between Tom Hanks‘ Woody and Tim Allen‘s Buzz Lightyear.

From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2026

In so doing, we may one day generate forests of trees whose ancestry does not intermingle with that of the species generated by the historic evolutionary process.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025

The communities on either side are often from the same ethnic groups and intermingle, and herds of cattle migrate across the vast savannah.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2025

Tears and jubilation intermingle, reflecting both relief that the death toll may soon stop rising and fear of the uncertain future which awaits 1.2 million people who have lost their homes, schools, universities and hospitals.

From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2025

I look back and see the way our footsteps intermingle to form a single path.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan

He intermingles the bones of infected and non-infected alike, he says, “because they are alike.”

From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2026

The wallpaper playfully intermingles late-Georgian-style silhouettes of Ward and her beloved oversize insects.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2023

The book intermingles the midlife crisis of an Israeli tour guide with a poignant romance between two homing-pigeon handlers during the 1948 Israeli war of independence.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 19, 2023

As you enter, the smell of sweat intermingles with the tittering of classical piano music.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2022

But these, alas, he intermingles with self-justifications, nearly as many—so that at last it is hard to say whether the balance of his judgment inclines for or against himself in the matter.

From French Classics by William Cleaver Wilkinson

She prefers to swap pieces with friends and her pieces are intermingled with many gifts from other people.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

Within this large group, cliques were formed but they often intermingled and share territory, like something from a simian Pixar film.

From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2026

Many Alexandrians are feeling the loss, intermingled with their other most treasured heritage.

From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026

Addiction is a complex disorder with intermingled roots in genetics, biology and environmental triggers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025

In countries with a very cold winter, two decidedly non-Christian elements tended to be intermingled, somewhat perplexingly, with the carol form.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

And yet out of all the savagery and destruction, Mr. Winder asserts, also came the distinctive intermingling of customs, cultures and ideas that marked the future of all three river regions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

There are more than 250 ethnic groups in Nigeria, which is roughly divided into a mainly Muslim north, a largely Christian south, with intermingling in the middle.

From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2026

In Rome in the 1960s, the Vatican loomed large over the city, its streets intermingling with the secular neighborhoods around it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2024

In places where livestock owners have guns, wild relatives have been killed to prevent intermingling.

From Science Daily ● May 29, 2024

Her mind floated lazily between reality and sleep, taking in the intermingling smells of smoke, ponya seed paste, and the surrounding trees as they creaked and rustled in the darkness.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray




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