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intertwine

[in-ter-twahyn] / ˌɪn tərˈtwaɪn /


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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

As she offers her prayers, the sacred space becomes a moment of spiritual release, where devotion and vulnerability intertwine.

From BBC Nov. 30, 2024

In this vision of marriage, spouses don’t occupy separate gender-based spheres; they intertwine their lives, each working to strengthen the scaffolding that supports the other.

From Slate Aug. 21, 2024

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

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

U.S. regulators are now taking a closer look at the Wall Street playbook that effectively intertwines private credit with traditional life insurance.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 13, 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 bold, unconventional “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” intertwines jazz with decolonization in its telling of newfound, fragile Congolese independence during the Cold War.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 8, 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

Nevertheless, since it intertwines itself with nearly every other question of moment, a few remarks by an outsider may be acceptable.

From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne

"When you've got two societies which are so closely located to each other and so deeply intertwined, it's really important that both Irish people and British people understand those shared points of history."

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

"Vinted's journey has certainly been intertwined with the broader development of Lithuania's startup ecosystem," said the company's vice president for corporate affairs, Jessie de la Merced, arguing that its presence has had a "multiplier effect".

From Barron's Aug. 2, 2026

The surviving spouse and children become financially intertwined, because the children have an ownership interest.

From MarketWatch Jul. 22, 2026

Hers was always intertwined, so that’s something that I didn’t really get used to.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 7, 2026

Huge gears lay exposed under the floor, wicked teeth intertwined, gleaming with oily coatings.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi

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

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

The intertwining plots unroll in a mishmash of styles.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 12, 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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