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as in to weave
to cause to twine about one another
marveled at how the vines had delicately and intricately entwined themselves on the trellis
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as in to curl
to follow a circular or spiral course
the quick-growing vine was soon entwining around the fence post
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Recent Examples of entwine
Islam likely travelled to the region with Arab traders, but the erasure of earlier worship systems was the result of
a series of knotty events entwined with foreign influences bent on the very existence of the small nation as an integral unit.
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Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 17 Jan. 2025
Bellino often clashed with longtime cast member Shannon Beador, as the two are entwined in a number of ways: Bellino's ex-husband Jim Bellino was embroiled in a defamation lawsuit against Beador in 2018, a legal battle that saw Beador emerge victorious.
—EW.com, 20 Dec. 2024
At a club historically entwined with Netherlands soccer greatness, De Jong is Barça’s Dutch master today.
—Henry Flynn, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
Even after Ukraine's independence, Ukraine and Russia's spy services had remained deeply entwined, Many older officers had been trained in Moscow and some even remained close friends with their former Russian comrades.
—Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 17 Jan. 2025
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Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 17 Jan. 2025
Bellino often clashed with longtime cast member Shannon Beador, as the two are entwined in a number of ways: Bellino's ex-husband Jim Bellino was embroiled in a defamation lawsuit against Beador in 2018, a legal battle that saw Beador emerge victorious.
—EW.com, 20 Dec. 2024
At a club historically entwined with Netherlands soccer greatness, De Jong is Barça’s Dutch master today.
—Henry Flynn, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
Even after Ukraine's independence, Ukraine and Russia's spy services had remained deeply entwined, Many older officers had been trained in Moscow and some even remained close friends with their former Russian comrades.
—Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 17 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for entwine
Verb
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And that homespun feeling is woven all throughout the site in Jackson, Mississippi, where the Eudora Welty House stands.—
Jennifer Prince,
Southern Living,
2 Mar. 2025
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Biophilic design is also woven into as many facets as possible to foster a connection to nature and create a restful and rejuvenating aura.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 Mar. 2025
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The comedian curls the viewer into the drama of his own debasement, Limon theorized, and the relationship is christened, if the joke works, with a laughter that amalgamates the many into one.—
Lauren Michele Jackson,
The New Yorker,
27 Feb. 2025
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Her cigarettes stayed in the bathroom, smoke curling out the window and drifting over the neighbor’s fence.—
Jackie Charniga,
USA TODAY,
26 Feb. 2025
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Following her separation from Kevin, Ruby became deeply intertwined with Hildebrandt.—
Lynsey Eidell,
People.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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But drug use is still deeply intertwined with homelessness, both as a risk factor and an effect of losing housing, the researchers wrote.—
Doug Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2025
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The pertinence of this story to current events will likely be the first thing anyone focuses on, and rightly so, but the directors also deserve credit for the film’s tightly coiled, deeply felt terror, panic, and betrayal. 32.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
28 Feb. 2025
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But, about halfway into the story, Proulx abandons her customary prose style, which is as coiled as a rattlesnake and about as sentimental, in order to cut loose and give the boys their first moment of physical tenderness.—
Michael Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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These geodesics would wind around the same region of a surface for a long time, forming convoluted tangles.—
Joseph Howlett,
Quanta Magazine,
3 Mar. 2025
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The vegan fragrance opens with notes of jammy fig before winding through earthy vetiver and honeyed jasmine sambac.—
Jenny Berg,
Allure,
2 Mar. 2025
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“Entwine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entwine. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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