entwist

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Verb
  • Then, Taylor Russell and Alicia Keys attended Tiffany & Co.’s Blue Book Gala in a two-tiered chignon and braided ponytail respectively.
    India Espy-Jones, Essence, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Loomer and Benjamin effectively braid these threads into a portrait as much of place and community as of a single young woman’s aspirations.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The book will chronicle his parents, as well as his winding journey from childhood into young adulthood.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2025
  • Listen to this article The Indiana Supreme Court upheld a former Gary teenager’s 110-year prison sentence Wednesday for a 1996 East Chicago triple homicide after years of winding appeals.
    Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2025
Verb
  • Among the haunting remnants, one image has stayed with me—a child's lock of hair, neatly plaited and tied with a small red ribbon, matted with mud.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
  • From the Pilgrims and founding fathers through the frontier and all the way to today’s hustle culture, gig economy, and ragged-by-design safety net, the essential American folk tale has plaited hard work with destiny, self-reliance with self-actualization, and success with moral worth.
    Adam Chandler, TIME, 21 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Nyoni wisely subtitles the whole film so that even non-Zambians can be immersed in this twining stream of words without worrying too much about the switching currents.
    Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Think tall plants with large, dramatic leaves and twining vines that can climb up a shelf or spill out of a container.
    Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The late pontiff was laid out in red robes, a bishop’s pointed miter and a rosary entwined in his hands.
    COLLEEN BARRY, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2025
  • With his question still unanswered, the narrator’s obsessive pursuit of the truth becomes entwined with an ever more desperate – and dangerous – quest to find Sylvia.
    Heller McAlpin, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The girl howled, writhing in a dark puddle on the ground.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • In a remote region of northern Australia, an armless creature writhed deeper into the dirt and pushed itself along with its clawed toes.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Tomato plants naturally weave in and out of the support system.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 May 2025
  • Read on for more hotels that are woven into the very fabric of their destinations.
    Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 1 May 2025
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“Entwist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entwist. Accessed 6 May. 2025.

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