intersect
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Our lives are inextricably bound up in giant networks of data that begin, end, and intersect with 6-inch screens we carry around in our pockets.
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026
Primarily, the problem is that leaders of the world’s major countries aren’t doing anything as these threats continue, expand and intersect.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026
When the Sun, Earth and Moon align near one of the points where their orbital paths intersect, eclipse seasons occur, producing both solar and lunar eclipses within a matter of weeks.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
At the points where these filaments intersect, galaxies form and shine brightly.
From Science Daily ● May 16, 2026
Where the circles intersect is what they have in common.
From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio
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The heightened attention to the substance comes as wellness intersects more deeply with health, and as GLP-1 weight-loss medications alter the way Americans eat.
From MarketWatch ● May 10, 2026
Kane said the show would be a great way to celebrate, adding: "What a delightful coincidence that the age of the theatre intersects with the age of our protagonists."
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026
Paul W. Downs can’t help it that even on the weekends, his life intersects with “Hacks,” the HBO comedy he co-created and co-showruns with his wife, Lucia Aniello, and their friend Jen Statsky.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026
That’s where the similarity, if there is any, intersects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
Twelve miles on foot brought him to Topock, Arizona, a dusty way station along Interstate 40 where the freeway intersects the California border.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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Police effectively asked Google to look through a vast archive of human movement and identify which lives intersected with a particular patch of pavement at a particular moment in time.
From Slate ● May 20, 2026
Our soundtrack aptly intersected folk and country, and while we listened to anything anyone recommended, Cash was our mainstay.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
Sheikh Radwan includes the areas of Abu Iskandar, al-Tawam, and al-Saftawi, and is intersected by al-Jalaa Street, a vital artery linking central Gaza City with its northern districts.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2025
It was here that my journey into bathing culture intersected with the pioneering work of Leonard Koren, who began documenting L.A. bathing culture back in 1976 with Wet: The Magazine of Gourmet Bathing.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2025
I lived in Violetwood on Vulcan Road, which was intersected by Verdant Road—VUR-dunt, as in green or lush, but I never heard anyone, even my parents, call it anything but ver-DANT.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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“To put my intersecting communities on the map, was one of the greatest feelings and one of the greatest accomplishments.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2026
The film’s narrative is scattered across two intersecting timelines that steadily build tension, suspicion and intrigue.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026
This has led to growing interest in gridshells, which use intersecting curved elements of metal, glass or timber to span wide areas without interior supports.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2025
This mass failure is the result of three intersecting crises.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025
Then he made a cross with his arms, intersecting at the wrists.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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