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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

You can intersperse more prolonged bouts with quick bursts, whether downsizing clothing or a tool drawer.

From Seattle Times Apr. 21, 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 same holds true for Peloton’s bootcamp classes, which intersperse floor exercises with cycling / running.

From The Verge Jan. 31, 2022

While Matthew gives it as a complete discourse, Mark and Luke intersperse the substance of the sermon throughout their Gospels; which is strong presumptive proof that it was not delivered as a connected discourse.

From The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets by Richard B. Westbrook

But he offers the trenchant point that it intersperses high-intensity plays with huddled breaks.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 6, 2026

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

Patel also intersperses blink-and-you’ll-miss-them POV shots, further aligning us with the Kid’s experience and adding to the dizzying, hallucinatory effect of some of these fights.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 4, 2024

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

Anecdotes and analysis are interspersed with photos of all sorts of sofas and couches, calling into question ideas about where and how we find respite and support — or not.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 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

The walkways will be interspersed with plazas, small parks and exercise stations.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 12, 2026

This is gardening on an epic scale, with vast stalls showing every type of flowers, interspersed with gardening equipment and pit-stops of champagne every few yards.

From BBC May 18, 2026

A series of arithmetical calculations was interspersed by blocks of text.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

He told stories of trying to be a normal dad to his children, who he'd been teaching to question authority, interspersing his performance with video clips.

From BBC Sep. 16, 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

Upchurch’s elegant interspersing of ethereal choral music by Heather Christian is one of this production’s most alluring features, along with costumes in eye-popping patterns by Enver Chakartash.

From New York Times Jul. 25, 2022

And so it was that Forestier restored the park, interspersing bulb-planted lawns with prized horticultural collections, including peonies, irises and waterlilies, along with the classic rose garden.

From Washington Post Jun. 17, 2022

He had a most interesting way of interspersing history with mythical tales and humorous incidents, and so kept the party in high spirits.

From A Trip to the Orient The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise by Robert Urie Jacob




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