as in inserted
to put among or between others
between the recipes for hearty peasant dishes, the author intercalates fond reminiscences of her year in the French countryside
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Desperate to save them, records show, doctors inserted tubes into their airways and hooked them up to IVs.—
Duaa Eldeib,
CNN Money,
8 May 2026 -
Environmentalists are rejecting California’s implementation of its landmark single-use plastic law taking, claiming regulators inserted loopholes favoring the plastic industry.—
Susanne Rust
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Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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Hanging on the walls are stills from the film and TV projects produced by OBB—a docuseries about Shaq mentoring entrepreneurs, Sabrina Carpenter’s holiday special—interspersed with marketing images for the brand, shot onsite.—
Lucy Feldman,
Time,
6 May 2026
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Sparingly interspersed among the island narrative are flashbacks to another island, colonized long ago.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
4 May 2026
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In late March, Tijuana officials introduced an English-language app known as the Emergency Button, or Botón de Emergencia.—
Alexandra Mendoza,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 May 2026
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Structural reforms will be introduced to reduce inefficiency and increase oversight.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
4 May 2026
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“Intercalated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intercalated. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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