intervene
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Major changes to protest law in the last three years mean officers can now intervene more quickly to end demonstrations that block critical national infrastructure, such as roads to ports.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
The Japanese yen strengthened to a one-month high against the dollar, amid chatter that authorities could again intervene in foreign-exchange markets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Isabel Wang explained how governments’ efforts to intervene and prop up currencies or hold down interest rates might have the opposite effect.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
After retiring, Dean said in an interview that he did not intervene because he wanted to save referee Anthony Taylor from extra "grief".
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
I decided to intervene before this giant swatted us with his shovel.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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Japan says that if it intervenes again, it will borrow from the Fed to do so rather than sell its Treasury holdings outright.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
"When one country intervenes in the decisions of another country, freedom dies," Petro wrote Tuesday in response to Trump's endorsement.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
We can see Houghton’s play in these moments, but then Alloway’s cheeky pop sensibility intervenes, the arch artificiality and ironic tone draining the emotional impact.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
That kind of analysis identifies disparities in outcomes, assesses whether they are justified by legitimate objectives, and intervenes when they are not.
From Salon ● Jan. 22, 2026
The legal aid division of the Baton Rouge Bar Association intervenes on her behalf, and Joey’s many supporters flood government offices in protest.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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However, Sirisena personally intervened and granted Gnanasara a presidential pardon in 2019 after the monk had served less than a year of his sentence.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
After 50 hours of work, the AI had made enough progress on a problem related to Navier-Stokes that the humans intervened.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Robin Brooks, senior economist at the Brookings Institution, thinks the “current strengthening of the yen has all the signs of hidden intervention,” meaning that authorities may have intervened more than they publicly have let on.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
Initially, referee Craig Pawson awarded the goal but VAR Peter Bankes intervened.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Greasy Sae had intervened and sent us with our deer to the butcher, but not before it'd been badly damaged, hunks of meat taken, the hide riddled with holes.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
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FTC officials say Amazon has secretly inflated the minimum prices required to win ad placements, intervening in auctions to raise the price 70% to 80% of the time.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
According to other activists who witnessed what happened, Palestinian children were playing football when children from settler families started intervening.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
CIF membership has been cautious about intervening or limiting transfer opportunities for fear politicians in Sacramento might get involved.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Those have included intervening in the currency markets to support the Japanese yen, a move that could in turn reduce pressure on Japan’s government to sell U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
If one joins the boxes together and removes the intervening wall, the oxygen and the nitrogen molecules will start to mix.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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