intervene
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Meanwhile, county officials have stepped back — for now — from earlier threats to intervene and possibly force more immediate budget cuts upon the nation’s second-largest school system.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Britain's culture minister Lisa Nandy, meanwhile, opted not to intervene in the merger, saying she had secured "assurances and further legally-binding commitments" to ensure a diverse range of broadcasting and on-demand services in the country.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
He was able to intervene and force the man’s release only as he was being transferred to a medical exam.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
The two countries are expected to continue to intervene "intermittently in a coordinated manner for some time", he added.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
“What is this?” said frozen Mr. Flux, unable to intervene.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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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
At several points, Ratner intervenes to prod Trump into sharing more about herself.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2026
Father opens his mouth to answer, but Mother intervenes.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
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Burnley got into trouble while attending another high school when Marsh intervened to get him another chance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
"This is extremely important to the PM and he has personally intervened to ensure everything possible is being done so that vile groomers are dealt with in the way their victims deserve."
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Japan and the United States intervened jointly in financial markets last week, buying yen for the first time since the Asian financial crisis in 1998.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
During one proxy-on-proxy conversation with a much older man, the bot’s human counterpart intervened: “Apparently AI doesn’t know the difference between 62 and 26. But I do,” he wrote before unmatching.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Granted, I wouldn’t be looking out at a quilt of sprouting grain as I survey my flax and wheat fields had my neighbors not intervened.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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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
The problem with intervening by lending dollars to Japan is it makes the intervention less likely to work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
In the intervening years, however, a cottage industry of compounding pharmacies emerged, including Ro and Hims & Hers Health.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
Sesame Street, after all, was a product of the 1960s, and in the intervening three decades major strides had been made in understanding how children’s minds work.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
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