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as in to weave
to cause to twine about one another
interweaved garlands of red and gold beads and wrapped them around the Christmas tree
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as in to combine
to scatter or set here and there among other things
the author artfully interweaves excerpts from soldiers' letters into his history of the Vietnam War
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as in to knot
to twist together into a usually confused mass
in our play the kitten and I managed to interweave the skeins of yarn into a hopeless tangle
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Recent Examples of interweave
The film, which interweaves documentary and reenacted components, was shot in Umbria.
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Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 26 May 2026
Despite interweaving layers of nonsense with further layers of nonsense, the developers at least wanted to keep the hallucinations lore-consistent, not unlike how media fandoms are obsessed with canon.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 13 May 2026
The artist wore a floor-length gown constructed from real electrical cables and wiring, interwoven with moss, succulents, and circuit board fragments, with butterfly motifs scattered throughout.
—Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 4 May 2026
The yarns of Joe Turner interweave gradually, everyday chit-chat, bargaining, and flirtation interlocking over time with threads of mysticism — both the ghosts of a brutal history and the ancestral spirits that stand protective and defiant like a phalanx of angels with shining swords.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2026
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Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 26 May 2026
Despite interweaving layers of nonsense with further layers of nonsense, the developers at least wanted to keep the hallucinations lore-consistent, not unlike how media fandoms are obsessed with canon.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 13 May 2026
The artist wore a floor-length gown constructed from real electrical cables and wiring, interwoven with moss, succulents, and circuit board fragments, with butterfly motifs scattered throughout.
—Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 4 May 2026
The yarns of Joe Turner interweave gradually, everyday chit-chat, bargaining, and flirtation interlocking over time with threads of mysticism — both the ghosts of a brutal history and the ancestral spirits that stand protective and defiant like a phalanx of angels with shining swords.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for interweave
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Here, at this 200,000-square-foot factory, seamstresses work eight and sometimes 12 hours a day, weaving together the American flag.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
6 June 2026
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In the city center and on the outskirts, cars, bicycles and pedestrians weave around the trash piles.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 June 2026
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First class Etihad Apartments; Singapore Suites; combing first class on Airbus A380s on all the major Gulf airlines in a single trip; combining six different airline first class products in a single round trip.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
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Until Lopez’s blast, Texas A&M right-hander Clayton Freshcorn had slowed down a USC offense that had scored 48 runs combined while winning three consecutive games out of the losers’ bracket, including 14 on Sunday night against Texas A&M (41-16), to force the winner-take-all final.—
Jose de Jesus Ortiz,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2026
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Louisville struck back with four runs in the bottom of the fourth to knot the score at 5-all.—
Staff Report,
Twin Cities,
30 May 2026
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Rybakina staged a comeback midway through the third set, knotting the score at 4-4 from 3-0 down.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
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Over two minutes, a spectrum of Black improvisational styles battle on what feels like a Red Planet, interspersed with video game chirps and tectonic-shifting airblasts that cool the magma cooked up during combat, each one building off the other’s energy.—
Tatiana Lee Rodriguez,
Pitchfork,
1 June 2026
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This was the first of two drone shows the Pirates have planned, interspersed with fireworks shows.—
Matt Reigle OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
30 May 2026
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Representative Mike Collins and former football coach Derek Dooley are tangled in a bitter contest that’s headed to a runoff on June 16.—
Aidan McLaughlin,
Vanity Fair,
29 May 2026
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The design allows the LCS to operate in shallower coastal waters and avoid getting tangled in wires or cables, like those that might tether mines.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
28 May 2026
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Before the true ad break begins, networks like to insert a little commercial bumper.—
Joe Wilkins,
Futurism,
4 June 2026
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And men are indeed lengthening their limbs, flying to international clinics, having metal rods inserted into their bones, and then, after a brutal recovery process, relearning how to walk.—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
4 June 2026
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The conflicts have become increasingly intertwined as Iran insists that any potential truce in the war there must also quell the fighting in Lebanon.—
Kareem Chehayeb,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026
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The Kennedy family and the British royal family are intertwined in several ways.—
Marina Watts,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 June 2026
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“Interweave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interweave. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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