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
They intersperse the science with accounts of what forests have traditionally meant to the peoples who live in them.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2022
The same holds true for Peloton’s bootcamp classes, which intersperse floor exercises with cycling / running.
From The Verge ● Jan. 31, 2022
The convenience of the river that runs through Tokio and the canals that intersperse its streets is very apparent.
From My Trip Around the World August, 1895-May, 1896 by Eleonora Hunt
But he offers the trenchant point that it intersperses high-intensity plays with huddled breaks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 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
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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 production is marked by a rare fluidity and ease, while at the same time bristling with energy and bright humor interspersed with moments of arresting, rich feeling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 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
The new film began with trailers, jaggedly cut scenes interspersed with flashes of light.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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But Blake, a former political speechwriter, does his best to make the case, interspersing facts about parasomnia, its more troubling variants and real-life victims throughout the novel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2024
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
The latter had now taken on its autumnal dress of yellow, and, interspersing the dark green of the spruce, gave an exceedingly beautiful effect to the landscape.
From The Long Labrador Trail by Dillon Wallace
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"The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury
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