1.   In fact, those interests are intertwined.

2.   Mexican and U.S. interests are intertwined.

3.   Over the years, BofA and the city turned into partners whose interests became increasingly intertwined.

4.   They are behind-the-scenes deal makers whose personal and business interests are often intertwined with those of the politicians they court.

5.   When the economy began to slow, however, the extent to which media interests were intertwined with the general economy was exposed.