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verb

past tense of entwine

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Recent Examples of entwined
Adjective
While the exhibit is enabled by the entwined ubiquity of the English language and the internet, the artists know these technologies aren’t transparent. Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026 However, as Bitcoin and crypto have become more firmly embedded in the financial sector, Goldman has become more entwined with crypto. Jack Kubinec, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2026 From unspoken racial dynamics, like Sid rejecting Tia in favor of her white friends, to the economic worries that become entwined with her self-image, Sid’s precarious new social position rests on a knife’s edge. Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 15 Mar. 2026 Yet if struggle has been a feature of Newcastle’s and Gordon’s entwined existence, then another way of looking at it is that the struggle continues. George Caulkin, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026 In the photo, the couple lay entwined on a fancy carpet, wearing dinner attire, in a posh San Francisco home owned by the oil rich Getty family with a sweeping view of the Pacific Ocean visible behind them. Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 5 Feb. 2026 The spacecraft saw an arching filament made from entwined magnetic fields carrying plasma and connected to a cross-shaped region of magnetic activity laced with more magnetic field lines. Keith Cooper, Space.com, 26 Jan. 2026 The Chinese and American economies are infinitely more entwined than the separate worlds of Soviet communism and the free world were during the Cold War. Peter Leyden, Big Think, 7 Oct. 2025 Providing Essential Third Places After the early 2000s, coffee culture and café culture became more entwined and influenced broader trends, with platforms like Instagram giving new reasons to show off an aesthetically pleasing café or cheerful latte art. Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
While Louis created countless memorable costumes for the screen, his legacy remains forever entwined with Monroe’s illusion gown. Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 16 Aug. 2026 The consequences aren’t just ecological; trout fishing is closely entwined with the economy in many Rocky Mountain communities. Matthew Brown, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026 The allegations became entwined with the court’s investigation into the war in Gaza, with Khan’s supporters arguing that the warrants the court has issued for top Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, were at stake. ABC News, 25 July 2026 Whitehead, meanwhile, crystalizes his sense of what makes the city run, where Carney fits in, and how the straight and crooked worlds are entwined in one strange ecosystem with laws that only the lawless can enforce. David Hajdu, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026 Though their characters are not as entwined as their roles in previous projects, Garner was thrilled to be working again with Greer, her close friend of more than 30 years. Clarissa Cruz, Entertainment Weekly, 16 July 2026 Juárez and El Paso are sister cities, geographically and culturally entwined. Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 13 July 2026 In the book, Tatum’s son, Dylan, is who she gets entwined with. Max Gao, Variety, 11 July 2026 We have been deeply entwined with the country for a long time — in my case nearly forty years — in ways that even many Japanese people applaud. David Hochman, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entwined
Adjective
  • Derby fixtures — meetings between teams brought together by geographical proximity and driven apart by rivalry — have their own twisted tempo and warped logic.
    George Caulkin, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Some have described this play as biting political theater and others as a suspense thriller or a twisted rom-com.
    Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • What may appear to be a collection of unrelated crimes is intertwined with China’s imbalanced growth model and its foreign policy.
    Alvin Camba, Foreign Affairs, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Amber Uhler, Miss Michigan USA For Amber Uhler, pageants are intertwined in a unique way with her health.
    Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • This species spends most of its time coiled around tree branches more than 30 meters (100 feet) high, descending during the night to prey on birds, small mammals, frogs, and other reptiles on the forest floor.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Aug. 2026
  • As management continues to prove themselves, multiples are coiled to go higher.
    Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 30 July 2026
Adjective
  • Something cool happens when light passes this warped space; its usually straight path is curved.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Check If Your Stove Is Actually Tilted Before reaching for a wrench, make sure the stove is the problem, not a warped pan or an uneven burner.
    Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 18 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Her glossy hair, braided into two plaits, hung down over her shoulders in a style unusual for young girls these days.
    Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Rebecca wore her simple weekday covering over her hair, which had been pulled back in a ponytail, then braided and pinned up on the back of her head.
    Rachel Yoder, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Mosses and lichens filled the hollows, while yellowish dead man’s fingers — a spooky and thus aptly named fungus — curled among low-growing rhododendrons that perfumed the air with warm, woody notes.
    Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Tara Rudd drove toward Angel City’s back line and threaded a pass through to Rodman, who raced downfield and curled a shot just over goalkeeper Angelina Anderson.
    Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Stafford explains that this gap helps keep the hoses from being crushed or kinked, which can lead to speedy wear and tear, leaks, and drainage issues.
    Maria Sabella, The Spruce, 24 May 2026
  • Twin brothers, these rapscallions can be told apart by Boris’s kinked tail and the colors of their collars.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Text that has been heavily rewritten, paraphrased, translated, or mixed with other writing may lose enough of Claude's statistical pattern to become undetectable.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Comments on Haaland's Instagram post teasing the cut are mixed, with some fans loving the update and others mourning the loss of that platinum ponytail.
    Kara Nesvig, Allure, 24 Aug. 2026

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“Entwined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entwined. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

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