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

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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2023

These two debates, about thinking and knowing, interlock because both generations have downplayed the idea that the new science was grounded in a new type of engagement with sensory reality.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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

"Ube really is, I would say, very interlocked with the Filipino identity," he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

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

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

There were no fixed guards preventing access to the blades from the underside and there were not any interlocked guards which would stop the rotating blades.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2024

Then she tapped her nose with her interlocked fingers.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd

"Company" is a complex low-budget gothic drama that features several interlocking stories.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

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

Set in Mexico, the film stars Mexican-born Anthony Quinn as a brilliant but aging matador facing interlocking personal crises, and Maureen O’Hara as the wealthy American who sets her cap for him.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026

Both sides are grappling with a set of interlocking issues that stand in the way of a long-term end to the conflict.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026

Though it was created in defiance of nature's musical laws, the new, interlocking, standardised system came with huge benefits, not least making all twelve key-families compatible.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall