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intervene

[in-ter-veen] / ˌɪn tərˈvin /




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The Columbia, Md.-based company’s systems allow health plans to identify high-risk patients and intervene to improve health outcomes and save money.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

“Courts may eventually intervene, but 338 gives Trump broad tariff leverage in the meantime,” Krueger wrote.

From MarketWatch Sep. 8, 2026

The service can intervene when developers are "unable or unwilling to fix" problems, but it only covers new properties purchased outright - not those bought under shared-ownership.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

Wayve later told me it was the driver's decision to intervene and they were confident their AI system would have handled it.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2026

Old Sutic, who had been dozing against a wall nearby, stood as if to intervene, but before he could say a word, the Handsome One took action.

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis

The Bank of Japan intervenes in the market under the instruction of the ministry to ease economic damage from sharp fluctuations in exchange rates.

From Barron's Aug. 28, 2026

Saroj is now demanding the government urgently intervenes and close HMP Pentonville down.

From BBC Jul. 9, 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

But it suggested that Beijing views an amphibious assault on Taiwan as risky and likely to fail, particularly if the U.S. intervenes.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 19, 2026

He stood between me and every thought of religion, as an eclipse intervenes between man and the broad sun.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

Saudi Arabia intervened directly for more than half a decade.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

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

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

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

Tochi had always been perceptive and thoughtful; it was Tochi who had intervened with calm reason whenever Ifemelu and Ranyinudo argued in secondary school.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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

Mistaken identity: At the World Cup, the VAR was intervening on simulation.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

The question is whether we can last the intervening two and a half years.

From Slate Aug. 10, 2026

Congress established the 39% limit in 2004, intervening after the FCC moved to raise the cap to 45%.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

I hardly thought about lawn bowls in the intervening week, but by Tuesday I was set to return to battle.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge




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