intervene
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To win, a plaintiff must establish a concrete injury and persuade a judge to intervene.
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2026
"I don't think I'm a hero. I think that I was just a person who had an opportunity to intervene in a safe-ish way."
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
Mowi now constantly monitors the skin, fins and breathing of the fish in case it needs to intervene.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
"It helps us map complex disease with such precision that we can begin to anticipate its course and intervene before the most serious damage occurs."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
But I would not intervene on his behalf, and simply bowed in the direction of the prisoner to let him know that I was on his side.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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That pause will expire on Friday unless the Supreme Court intervenes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 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
“Vegetables are good for you; your mother says so too. Have some more,” she insists, until Father intervenes and upholds my right to refuse a dish I don’t like.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek said the person “heroically intervened to stop further loss of life.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Police said two people—a teacher and a father—heroically intervened to stop a 16-year-old shooter at a Bend, Ore., elementary school, saving others’ lives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Players from both teams intervened, and the episode was documented on video by the NFL.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
After gaining entry, he "intervened with the assistance of a cabin crew member and several passengers, and together they rescued the injured captain and restrained the suspect".
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
It was the young swordsman who had intervened during the fight, standing between Grigori and me.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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If you buy maturity-based exchange-traded funds, you can build a ladder of the intervening years, but that means that each year, you have to commit to a certain amount coming due.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
"That this coming event is worse than that, after three intervening global bleaching events ... is a terrifying reality," he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
Aren’t they supposed to be coming forward with protective concern, and intervening to get us off the path of “2027”?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Although Harbaugh doesn’t see himself intervening on McDaniel’s turf, he does want to see improvement from Herbert.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
Still, in the intervening month or so between promising Lydia he’d do it and the show’s date, he’d had plenty of time to lose his nerve.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
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