intervene
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Its deputy leader Eoin Tennyson said Westminster also had a responsibility around VAT and fuel duty, as Stormont had limited powers to intervene.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
Defense attorneys for others questioned why state prosecutors charged officers who failed to intervene in fights that were in effect over before they began.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
During the Gulf War, a 1990 vote allowed a US-led coalition to intervene in Iraq, while in 2011 a similar vote permitted NATO's intervention in Libya.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
"It suggests new ways to intervene before patients progress to severe inflammation that can require intubation."
From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026
The inward person doth shrink and hesitate before the daunting inception of active deeds, wishing that some discouraging voice should intervene and forbid, so that no hazard might be made.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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