intervention

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After about 72 hours, manual intervention becomes necessary.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

"Beijing's intention, in short, is to internalise the cross-strait issue, treating it as a domestic matter for China, with foreign intervention prohibited," Mainland Affairs Council spokesman Liang Wen-chieh said Thursday.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

Further talks are expected and Culture Minister Ian Murray has said he is "entirely behind" a proposal to work with comedy to "better understand the opportunities for government intervention".

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Military intervention wasn’t on the list of options discussed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 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