intervene
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Supreme Court to intervene while the appeal continues.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
Some wore red clothing, ski masks or hoodies and Cooper said festival security personnel failed to intervene and instead closed two gates that could have provided an escape route.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
Citing the reduced risk, Anthropic said its automated safety filters will intervene roughly 85 percent less often on Opus 5 than on Fable 5, the Mythos-class model it released last month.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
The International Organisation for Animal Protection based in Italy says it has received more than 100 reports from people across the world, calling for the organisation to intervene.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
When this happened, my father had to intervene.
From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba
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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
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
Suddenly the moderator intervenes to change the subject.
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2025
Aunt Melissa intervenes, planting her body firmly between us and the agents.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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The foreign ministry said Iran had "never intervened in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine."
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Earlier in the deposition, Cooper said he had previously intervened when the two rappers encountered each other outside a recording studio.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
There were shouts of treason, but Gen. Washington intervened on Willing’s behalf, calling him a “worthy, well-disposed man.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
The Secret Service intervened on the return trip because the Qatari plane lacked basic defensive countermeasures needed to protect the president amid escalating hostilities with Iran.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
At this moment, fortuitously, their neighbor Mr. Wilkinson intervened.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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"If we are intervening early and meeting young people's needs as soon as we understand them, then we can prevent the vast majority of exclusions that we see."
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
Rather than respond to every claim, Logan says his office picks its battles, intervening only when a falsehood appears likely to reach a wide audience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
By waiting until the initial healing process was complete, the researchers allowed the body to respond normally before intervening.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 17, 2026
During the intervening period, government spending has risen faster than inflation.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 9, 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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