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as in weaves
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 coils
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 entwines
The steady, unwavering empathy of her gaze encompasses a universe of tiny, interlaced incidents in which the zany entwines the plaintive, or the tragic the comic.
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Literary Hub,
19 Mar. 2026
Casting Michael Shannon wonderfully against type as the upright and progressive, if a bit naive, POTUS, the series entwines Garfield’s perspective with that of his assassin, Charles Guiteau, a delusional grifter played by Matthew Macfadyen, Succession’s own Tom Wambsgans.
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Judy Berman,
Time,
28 Nov. 2025
Behind the camera, Hopinka entwines himself into the narrative, playfully acknowledging his own positionality as a pow wow person while inviting viewers to share in the personal connections that define the event.
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Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
28 Sep. 2025
Set on Europe’s smallest co-sovereign territory, the Bidasoa River’s Pheasant Island, Urbieta’s fiction debut entwines local life and cross-border politics with a mystery thriller.
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Callum McLennan,
Variety,
22 Sep. 2025
Literary Hub,
19 Mar. 2026
Casting Michael Shannon wonderfully against type as the upright and progressive, if a bit naive, POTUS, the series entwines Garfield’s perspective with that of his assassin, Charles Guiteau, a delusional grifter played by Matthew Macfadyen, Succession’s own Tom Wambsgans.
—
Judy Berman,
Time,
28 Nov. 2025
Behind the camera, Hopinka entwines himself into the narrative, playfully acknowledging his own positionality as a pow wow person while inviting viewers to share in the personal connections that define the event.
—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
28 Sep. 2025
Set on Europe’s smallest co-sovereign territory, the Bidasoa River’s Pheasant Island, Urbieta’s fiction debut entwines local life and cross-border politics with a mystery thriller.
—
Callum McLennan,
Variety,
22 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entwines
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The show weaves together AI, generative imagery, immersive audio and spatial narrative design, which organizers describe as producing a living, evolving environment.
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From the thorny starting point of an Apache raid on a Western homestead, Costner weaves a complex, multi-perspective tale that wrestles with the romance and realities of American colonialism and mythmaking.
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Visitors are typically brought by elevator to the uppermost exhibition level and then follow a broad, gently descending ramp that coils around a central void.
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When startled, the snake coils its body into a figure-eight shape or raises its tail to mimic another head and confuse predators.
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From here the route winds south past the town of Telluride, with its legendary skiing and film, jazz and bluegrass festivals, and out to Mesa Verde National Park, where Puebloan people carved gorgeous cliff dwellings in the buttes and gorges.
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But while that issue winds its way through the courts, the park’s residents hope local government officials can give them a hand.
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