intervention
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For two months, unions have been demanding state intervention to reduce pump prices which they say have driven up the cost of essential goods and transport.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
The currency has picked up against the dollar this month -- having hit a 40-year low in July -- helped by a historic joint Japan-US intervention.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
In observational studies, which look back at how patients behaved naturally, it can be hard to separate whether the intervention or someone’s lifestyle is responsible for the benefits.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
But that’s far from being a truly autonomous robot that can operate for long periods of time in unfamiliar environments with little human intervention.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Southside died a month later after having suffered with advanced lung cancer, his long-held view that doctors were untrustworthy having kept him from any sort of timely intervention.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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That could make it possible to move prevention and screening earlier and tailor interventions to an individual's biology, shifting cancer care toward stopping disease before it begins.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley compared semaglutide directly with calorie restriction, one of the best-known interventions for extending lifespan in laboratory animals.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
“We would not be surprised if we are not given much notice for long-end auction size decreases, which could be sooner than we initially anticipated before the buyback interventions were announced,” Brooks wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Government market interventions this summer in the U.S., to cap long-term interest rates, and in Japan, to halt its currency’s decline, have given way to a stronger yen and higher Treasury yields.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
I have discovered, deep in the hearts of many condemned and incarcerated people, the scattered traces of hope and humanity—seeds of restoration that come to astonishing life when nurtured by very simple interventions.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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Vocabulary lists containing intervention
Freak the Mighty
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"The Perils of Indifference," Vocabulary from the speech
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