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intersect

[in-ter-sekt] / ˌɪn tərˈsɛkt /


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The suspect ditched his bike in the Broadway-Manchester neighborhood, northeast of where Interstates 105 and 110 intersect, and ran off.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

My research on how these movements evolve online and intersect with political activists and extremist networks was directly relevant to tracing how COVID-origin claims moved from fringe communities into mainstream political discourse.

From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026

Our lives are inextricably bound up in giant networks of data that begin, end, and intersect with 6-inch screens we carry around in our pockets.

From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026

In at least one spot, Israel moved the line forward a few hundred yards to intersect with Salah al-Din Road, Gaza’s main north-south artery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026

The two ivy- covered walls on either side of him seemed to intersect with nothing but sky up ahead.

From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner

The question becomes more prominent when it intersects with governance questions like a closely divided vote or succession concerns.

From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2026

The heightened attention to the substance comes as wellness intersects more deeply with health, and as GLP-1 weight-loss medications alter the way Americans eat.

From MarketWatch ● May 10, 2026

Kane said the show would be a great way to celebrate, adding: "What a delightful coincidence that the age of the theatre intersects with the age of our protagonists."

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026

Paul W. Downs can’t help it that even on the weekends, his life intersects with “Hacks,” the HBO comedy he co-created and co-showruns with his wife, Lucia Aniello, and their friend Jen Statsky.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026

Twelve miles on foot brought him to Topock, Arizona, a dusty way station along Interstate 40 where the freeway intersects the California border.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

The city is built on former marshlands and is intersected by a network of canals, many of them heavily flooded by the rains.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

Police effectively asked Google to look through a vast archive of human movement and identify which lives intersected with a particular patch of pavement at a particular moment in time.

From Slate ● May 20, 2026

Amplitude said the well in southeastern Australia’s Otway Basin intersected a gas-bearing section of the primary Waarre-C reservoir.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026

For decades, raw milk has been consumed by alternative health types, typically those who intersected with the “raw food” movement, a diet fad where people would eat only raw food.

From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2024

While these reforms were desperately needed, deinstitutionalization intersected with the spread of mass imprisonment policies—expanding criminal statutes and harsh sentencing—to disastrous effect.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

Footage of giant yellow black-eyed Susan flowers beams onto the wall from one projector, intersecting with video of swaying plants from another.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026

The film’s narrative is scattered across two intersecting timelines that steadily build tension, suspicion and intrigue.

From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026

This has led to growing interest in gridshells, which use intersecting curved elements of metal, glass or timber to span wide areas without interior supports.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2025

This mass failure is the result of three intersecting crises.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025

Tracks ran down the intersecting street, vibrating with cables even though no trolley was in sight.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman




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