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intersperse

[in-ter-spurs] / ˌɪn tərˈspɜrs /


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While Hartman believes it’s best to intersperse the music between races, it’s not the only way to do things.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2024

“Each year we sell some of these bison to intersperse their genetics with those of other herds to improve the health of the species’ population across the nation,” Noem said.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 29, 2023

She asked that the new pieces be about 10 minutes long, and that they come in two or three fragments that she could intersperse with other scores without violating the meaning of the music.

From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2023

The app takes bits from Anchor and bits from Clubhouse — users can host DJ sets, like they would a radio show, and intersperse songs with talk.

From The Verge ● Oct. 26, 2021

If you have chisels to grind intersperse their grinding with plane bits, hatchet or other broad cutting tools, so as to prevent the stone from having grooves therein.

From Carpentry for Boys In a Simple Language, Including Chapters on Drawing, Laying Out Work, Designing and Architecture With 250 Original Illustrations by James Slough Zerbe

But Mr. Craighead intersperses his account with his captivating back story of his troubled youth and his search for meaning through righteous aggression and personal sacrifice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Paint the Night is a vibrant, high-energy show that intersperses dance, tech and the requisite amount of evening sparkle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2025

Egoyan intersperses scenes set in the present with home video footage of Jeanine as a child, shot by her own father, blindfolded and doing strange dances in the woods.

From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2025

A vast number of caves and rock shelters intersperses the mountains.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 6, 2024

A Child of Our Time intersperses quasi-operatic narrative passages with arrangements of African-American spirituals, as Bach had done with Lutheran hymn-chorales in his oratorios on the passion and crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

The resulting track, called “Milwaukee Brewers,” features high-pitched repetition of the team’s name interspersed with comically simple lyrics—“Let’s play some baseball and get some home runs.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

But the planning now is interspersed with prayers for a speedy post-surgery recovery that would allow him to make good on his plans.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

The centerpiece is the three minutes where Travis calmly narrates the plane crash interspersed with him drumming, amid flames, in a way that captures each emotional beat of what he went through.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

The recipes are interspersed with stories from Kwon’s childhood in the store and illustrated spreads devoted to ingredients such as seaweed and tofu, explaining their varieties, particular virtues and best uses.

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026

They had a brief exchange interspersed with “nyets” and stomps from the Altaian woman’s foot.

From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys

With a growing online fanbase, he started interspersing TikTok cover versions with snippets of originals.

From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2025

It reshaped the landscape of action storytelling with its revolutionary third-person perspective and its interspersing of loud, chaos with more soothing, relaxing moments.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 17, 2023

Wildhack then introduced Boeheim, who received a 20-second standing ovation and spoke for 11 minutes, interspersing his comments with humor, characteristic defiance and uncharacteristic emotion.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2023

In the series, Ms. Garbus puts the couple’s personal archive into context, interspersing the self-shot video diaries with formal interviews and archival footage of the royal family.

From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2022

She said over the rosary and all the prayers she could remember, interspersing them with thanksgivings to the good God and to Owaissa.

From A Little Girl in Old Detroit by Amanda Minnie Douglas


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