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intertwine

[in-ter-twahyn] / ˌɪn tərˈtwaɪn /


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There is no confession and no announcement; Joyce simply comes to realise, as the secrets accumulate and the women's lives intertwine, that her idea of a monogamous marriage has been a sham all along.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Romance, on the other hand, implies a unique feeling two people share, a spark that can be nurtured together as their lives intertwine.

From Salon Jun. 4, 2026

Art and domestic life intertwine with each other, inform each other and perhaps support each other more than is at first apparent, leading to an ending that provides a satisfying union of the two realms.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 6, 2025

The soul of the movie is in watching these ramrod opposites bend and intertwine.

From Los Angeles Times May 29, 2025

As the remaining curlicues of steam intertwine with the snow, visibility extends just to the end of my barrel.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

It raises funds to benefit 10 like-minded advocacy groups, and intertwines her music career and women’s rights advocacy in ways few pop artists at her scale are attempting.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

Chapter by chapter, the author intertwines the sagas of both sets of grandparents.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 7, 2026

The deal further intertwines Musk's sprawling business empire, which already includes carmaker Tesla and social media platform X, formerly Twitter.

From Barron's Feb. 2, 2026

"But now there's a very direct lineage between local teams, larger structures like the NFL Academy, leagues and how it all intertwines."

From BBC Dec. 28, 2024

Now to our eyes, made dim with years, Right intertwines with wrong.

From Many Voices by E. (Edith) Nesbit

His life has been intertwined with money, business, politics and privilege — for better or worse.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 2026

Owens saw clearly, Spencer said, how culture and politics were intertwined.

From Salon Aug. 26, 2026

Canada’s willingness to hold out for a better deal could work, they say, given how intertwined the two economies are.

From MarketWatch Aug. 25, 2026

Many prominently featured slogans, which were intertwined with suffragette banners and ribbons.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

Instead, like a lot of parents, I clung to my children, my fear and love intertwined.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

The themes of “Queen Esther” will be familiar to Mr. Irving’s many readers, who will also recognize his habit of intertwining fiction with personal history.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 7, 2025

The deal would signal a deeper "intertwining" of the government and private businesses in the US, following a trend seen elsewhere in places like China, Mr Nicholson told the BBC.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2025

It felt like mine, this intertwining of fennel and gruyere, two magnificent ingredients, becoming something even better than the sum of the parts.

From Salon Mar. 23, 2025

This tour de force contains an hour’s worth of haunting, intertwining phrases that feel like a combination of Requiem and Kaddish.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2024

I had seen pictures of the Azadi Tower, and it was stunning—gleaming white angles intertwining into a tall edifice, with intricate latticework that made me think of The Lord of the Rings.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram




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