interlock
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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
By designing particles that interlock in a similar way to staples, they hope to create materials that are strong, adaptable, and potentially recyclable.
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
The spacers prevent the LVP from moving when you start to tap the short edge with the hammer to get the second piece to interlock with the first piece.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 4, 2024
His hands go behind his back, and his fingers interlock.
From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas
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
He interlocks his fingers as if cracking his knuckles.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 2, 2022
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
She interlocks her hand with mine as we enter the treatment salon.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
The picture fuses interlocked storylines and blunt social commentary.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025
In July, the two squeezed next to each other on Baca’s couch at the lawyer’s Long Beach home, hands interlocked.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 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
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 new, hard problem will be to cope with the dawning, intensifying realization of just how interlocked we are.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
In the worm's jaws, sharper changes in strain across tiny regions appear to increase the interlocking of defects within the atomic structure, producing the characteristic size effect.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 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
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 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
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