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interlace

[in-ter-lays, in-ter-lays] / ˌɪn tərˈleɪs, ˈɪn tərˌleɪs /


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A 14th-century Hebrew Bible shimmers with Islamic interlace patterns.

From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2022

The totems interlace fabric, twine and what sometimes appear to be animal or human organs.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 28, 2022

But first, an abbreviated Weaving 101: two sets of threads or yarns interlace at right angles to produce fabric.

From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2021

The trio, which date to the 10th and 11th centuries, are adorned with crosses and Celtic interlace patterns similar to the ones seen on the stones inside the church.”

From Fox News ● Apr. 5, 2019

For the first time, I notice they don’t interlace smoothly.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson

Compositionally, they’re action-packed interlaces of figures and words: lyrics, rap group names, magical numbers, and place names spelled in Arabic, Chinese, English, Hindi, Spanish and Twi.

From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2023

“Eat Your Mind” effectively interlaces Acker’s books with the events in her life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2022

And yet “A Voyage to Arcturus” is deservedly regarded as titanic, the depiction of a spiritual rite of passage that interlaces death and renewal with a quest for transcendence.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 16, 2021

The show’s creator, Terence Nance, interlaces the pieces within and across episodes, so that ideas bubble up and themes ooze into view with a jubilance of expression, even as he explores fear and grief.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 7, 2018

Mrs. Gruver sits down and interlaces her hands.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

He shares an unusually compelling musical rapport with his associates, especially through impressive unison lines and thoughtfully interlaced phrases with Mr. Light on “Kevin Sun I.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

"Dao" depicts two interlaced events: a wedding near Paris and a funeral ceremony in Guinea-Bissau.

From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026

Participants, now paired up, gripped hands with their partners, fingers interlaced, gazing into one another’s eyes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2025

But Ms Hidalgo said she wanted to keep the interlaced rings of blue, yellow, black, green and red, symbolising the five continents.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2024

The strange and indescribable pleasure, interlaced with the pain.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini

An interlacing of memoir and anecdote, it begins with the author as a young boy, growing up in Brooklyn, N.Y., left agog by the Bronx Zoo’s immersive Amazon exhibit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026

Piker began surreptitiously interlacing those uploads with the rest of the company’s Facebook library.

From Slate ● Feb. 18, 2025

At least in the context she was talking about, outside of old disposable camera photographs, I had no clue who these people really were, despite their lives’ obvious interlacing with my own.

From Salon ● May 27, 2024

Coldplay is renowned for interlacing its values with its shows, such as the band’s push for environmental sustainability.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 10, 2023

He reached up and took her hand in his, the interlacing of their fingers so right, so overdue.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez


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