interlock
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Gentle vibrations encouraged the particles to interlock and strengthen the material, while stronger vibrations caused the network to unravel.
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
I’m interested in the scripts on the field and off, and the plotlines that interlock.
From Slate ● Jan. 30, 2024
One of the toughest challenges was figuring out how the two halves of “Here We Are” interlock.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2023
But the way she helped me—as no human, really, could have helped me—by breaking down the interspecies interlock and letting her mind come into my thinking...There was such care, such love.
From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen
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
Japanese Brazilian Yutaka Toyota interlocks arcs of shiny metal whose curved surfaces serve as sorts of funhouse mirrors.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 25, 2022
The pizza will also be served in a round pizza box, which is industrially compostable and interlocks with other boxes for stability.
From The Verge ● Oct. 22, 2019
She interlocks her hand with mine as we enter the treatment salon.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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The picture fuses interlocked storylines and blunt social commentary.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025
"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
On “September 5,” the jigsaw Benesch found herself interlocked with was the nuts-and-bolts of an earlier era’s broadcast reporting, complete with vintage equipment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2024
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
Mr. Becker was leaning on the counter with his fingers interlocked.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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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
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
Around 95 million years ago, the Spinosaurus -- a massive beast with a blade-shaped head crest and interlocking teeth -- roamed the African continent.
From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026
The skull also reveals tightly interlocking upper and lower teeth that formed an effective trap for slippery prey.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 23, 2026
The wooden ceiling was decorated with carved interlocking flowers and vines.
From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi
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