weave

1
as in to braid
to cause to twine about one another as they have for the past two centuries, crafters continue to weave osiers into the distinctive baskets that are the island's trademark

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as in to duck
to move suddenly aside or to and fro a van weaving through traffic with reckless speed

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Recent Examples of weave An idea sparked in my mind, threads weaving together. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 14 Apr. 2025 The conversation weaves through everything from IVF to Father’s Day to Porsha’s cooling dynamic with Dennis. Shelby Stewart, Essence, 14 Apr. 2025 While safety and alignment dominate AI ethics debates, AHA concerns itself with longer-term human outcomes, as woven through the sections of the event which covered Interior Life, Social Life, Vocational Life, Cerebral Life and Creative Life. Tracey Follows, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025 The showcase is a tribute to the work of 23 Polish designers and how their storytelling weaves into Poland’s design culture. Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 7 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for weave
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  • 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
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  • Posey was a breakout star in the latter stretch of the season and was eventually inserted into the starting lineup.
    Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Tightness in your gastrocnemius (calf) muscle, which inserts into the Achilles tendon, can contribute to this strain.
    Tim Petrie, DPT, Verywell Health, 21 Apr. 2025
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  • Mexican news outlets, including El Universal, reported that video surveillance showed Hernandez managed to escape while running almost naked through the streets before ducking under a tarp that was covering a vehicle.
    Lucia I Suarez Sang, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2025
  • New Yorkers spend so much time ducking crises that get lobbed at them like Molotov cocktails that the need to prepare the post-automotive city feels less immediate.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 18 Apr. 2025
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  • The grind size is adjustable via the metal knob at the top; just twist it for finer or coarser results.
    Francesca Krempa, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
  • High in California’s White Mountains, twisted by wind and time, stands a Great Basin bristlecone pine known as Methuselah.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
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  • However, if the soil pH or phosphorus levels are low, ground limestone and bonemeal can be mixed into the backfill.
    Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Unlike any past president, Trump is mixing money and the White House.
    Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 25 Apr. 2025
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  • These are simply modern reformulations of the same arguments that monopolistic business interests have always used to try to dodge scrutiny and regulation.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 18 Apr. 2025
  • His avoidance of assassination by quick reflexes to dodge a bullet's direct hit, and then rising up to display his resilience, provided a perfect tableau to emphasize his survival skills.
    Barbara A. Perry, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
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  • In Canada, many producers ferment and distill the different grains in the mash bill separately and then blend them post-distillation.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Read Next California Estate designed ‘to blend with the river and foothills’ lists near Fresno.
    TJ Macias, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Apr. 2025
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  • On the lighter side, the Bluegrass Fields Salad combines Kentucky Bibb lettuce with seasonal berries and toasted almonds, dressed in a balanced raspberry-poppyseed vinaigrette.
    Nasha Smith, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Feather said Duolingo can combine mobile gaming and language learning, bringing its total addressable market to $220 billion.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2025

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“Weave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weave. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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