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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

The minty smell of his soap, the warmth of his arms, how when our fingers intertwine, the brown of my skin and the brown of his are nearly a perfect match.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

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

The New Yorker’s Grann intertwines the racism and injustices of 1920s Oklahoma, corruption of local authorities and the mysterious deaths of several Osage people, mostly women.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 14, 2025

"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

In both we miss the great dramatist who looks upon life with a roving eye and intertwines his tale of private woe with the larger tangle of human destiny.

From The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller by Calvin Thomas

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

You walk toward the shimmering air, an arch of cedar boughs intertwined above it.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

It’s also a touching nod to the past, gracefully intertwining aspects of “Metropolitan” and “Dead Poets Society.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

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

In Mussolini’s Italy, intellectuals were coerced into swearing loyalty to the fascist state, and scholarship became a tool of nationalist propaganda, intertwining classical myths with imperial ambition.

From Salon Jun. 29, 2025

Duell’s character — a love child intertwining the rival Quartermaine and Corinthos families — was born onscreen in 1997 and was at the center of a heated custody battle since birth.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 25, 2024

Strings of it radiated from his body, twining and intertwining, on and on, back and back, whirling around this moment.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee




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