There is no love without grief, for the depth of each feeling enables the other — braiding together like a rope.
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Anna Pulley,
Chicago Tribune,
20 June 2025
It was created from copper thread that had been braided and embroidered onto water-soluble fabric, then dissolved to leave spectral patterns of the thread.
The various story strands are plaited together so neatly as to become a single braid, with an emphasis on how much these lives interlock as the shelter inmates support each other.
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Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
23 May 2025
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.
At his best, McCann does an assiduous, subtle job of twining his metaphors through everyday life.
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Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
Once the cucumbers start to vine, coax the vines to climb the trellis by twining them around the trellis with your fingers and securing them in place, if needed, with plant clips or garden twine.
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Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
12 May 2025
As for design, there will always be disagreement; the very concept of aesthetics invites debate, and our sensitivity to fashions are often deeply entwined with the politics of change and the people in power.
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Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
22 June 2025
It's now well understood that employee experience and productivity are known to be entwined.
In a world of neon, glitter and stiletto boots, Cyrus writhes against walls and struts down sidewalks, notably the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
8 June 2025
Even in the shade of a fruit tree, you could be surrounded by tiny skyscrapers — not made of steel or concrete, but of microscopic worms wriggling and writhing into the shape of long, vertical towers.
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