intersperse
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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
In each gallery, timelines intersperse events in the artist’s life with news of the larger world, then and now.
From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2022
The same holds true for Peloton’s bootcamp classes, which intersperse floor exercises with cycling / running.
From The Verge ● Jan. 31, 2022
Rubin, being a columnist, does intersperse some opinion and analysis into her storytelling.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 7, 2021
David is going to accompany his father on the trip, having studied a little too hard at school, and it being the custom here to intersperse study with seasons of labor.
From Hurrah for New England! The Virginia Boy's Vacation by Louisa C. Tuthill
Vargas Llosa intersperses the story with nimbly delivered informational chapters explaining the history and influences of the Peruvian vals, or waltz, which synthesizes European and indigenous musical styles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 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
A vast number of caves and rock shelters intersperses the mountains.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 6, 2024
“L.A. Interchanges” intersperses personal memories with a much-needed roll call of bars, clubs, publications, organizations and individuals whose names still haven’t made it into mainstream LGBTQ+ histories of Southern California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2023
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
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The same pattern will continue until the end of the week with overnight frost and fog most widespread in northern areas of the UK, and daytime sunny spells interspersed with showers.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 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
Besides, the car fire had inaugurated one of the most important discussions of both their lives, a talk that went on for hours, interspersed between ferocious Quake II battles on their linked computers.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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With a growing online fanbase, he started interspersing TikTok cover versions with snippets of originals.
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2025
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
“We have really made full use out of video, out of tweets and email, and interspersing technology with live statements by the witnesses and members.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 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
Shaking me by the hand, he bade me good-bye, and went out, leaving me to the doctor, who thereupon began his medical examination, interspersing it with many good-natured sallies.
From In Strange Company A Story of Chili and the Southern Seas by Guy Newell Boothby
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