interlock

Maerl beds may closely resemble corals but they are in fact thousands of pieces of free-living calcified seaweed that can interlock to create a carpet brimming with life.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

"Let's take sand as an example. Sand is smooth and convex-shaped, meaning it cannot interlock from grain to grain," PhD student Youhan Sohn said.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 15, 2026

Also like MBS and CDS, new financial assets have begun to interlock in odd, hard-to-understand ways with traditional financial products.

From Barron's ● Feb. 24, 2026

One of the toughest challenges was figuring out how the two halves of “Here We Are” interlock.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2023

Her palm opens, and eventually I feel her little finger interlock with mine.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

Park’s directorial vernacular, which pairs brutal subject matter with black comedy, interlocks neatly with Nguyen’s satirical style.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2024

The subfloor needs to be in the same plane so the LVP interlocks and stays locked when you walk on it.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 4, 2024

What makes evaluating Apple’s potential overreach so complicated is that every criticism you can levy at the company interlocks.

From The Verge ● Jun. 21, 2019

Ignition interlocks for first-time offenders is a step out of the legislative dark ages for the commonwealth’s DUI laws.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 30, 2017

She interlocks her hand with mine as we enter the treatment salon.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

The school alarm would pierce the air and teachers would instruct us to slide from our chairs, crouch under our desks facing the floor, and place our hands, fingers interlocked, over our necks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026

"Then I interlocked arms with him so I knew he wouldn't go anywhere, I waved to my dad and started heading out."

From BBC ● May 3, 2025

Before police cleared the area around Hamilton Hall on April 30, 30 or so students interlocked arms outside the building in a human barricade to protect the protesters inside.

From Slate ● Jun. 4, 2024

The stars that Götberg and Drout search for go in pairs: interlocked in a binary star system.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 15, 2023

My mom interlocked her fingers in front of her mouth.

From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan

Those patterns, according to the model, would help neighboring DNA molecules align with one another much like two interlocking spiral staircases.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

Astrolabes are metallic disks with multi-layered, interlocking components that were historically used to tell the time, map the stars, the direction of Mecca and the motion of the sky.

From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2026

Rebuilding will be complicated by the interlocking nature of the damage done by attacks aimed at dragging out the country’s road to recovery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

The monogram is not something that instantly screams “Los Angeles,” though the iconic Dodgers logo — interlocking white letters on a blue hat — is one of the most memorable monograms in the world.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026

The Paqo and this man stood nose to nose, interlocking gazes with an intensity that caused me to avert my eyes.

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis