intervene
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It is unclear what kinds of federal levers Trump could pull to intervene in a state tax law.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
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
But people who are against the quarry's expansion said they want the government to intervene a until an investigation into the blast at Taff's Well is concluded.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 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
The Germans hoped to win the war before the United States could intervene.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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Saroj is now demanding the government urgently intervenes and close HMP Pentonville down.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 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
One-third of the nation’s coal fleet plans to retire over the next five years, unless someone intervenes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 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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Burnley got into trouble while attending another high school when Marsh intervened to get him another chance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Bank of Japan data indicated that Tokyo may have sold almost $59bn of US dollar to buy yen when it intervened in New York markets on Thursday, before Friday's confirmed joint intervention with Washington.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
The U.S. and Japan jointly intervened in currency markets last week to prop up the yen, which had hit a 40-year low late last month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Japanese authorities have intervened to boost the yen a handful of times over the past few years.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
Had Dexter’s mom not intervened, it could have been bad.
From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling
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The question is whether we can last the intervening two and a half years.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
In the intervening years, however, a cottage industry of compounding pharmacies emerged, including Ro and Hims & Hers Health.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
But divine entities stopped intervening in man’s affairs long ago; besides, I had the answer drawn and nocked since I’d walked out of the theater days before.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
But what alarms fans even more than nitpicking that exceeds the abilities of the human eye is how often that tech is intervening.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
“In spite of remarkable intervening circumstances,” I said, “if Rachel ever gets back to Bethlehem for a high school reunion she will win the prize for ‘Changed the Least.”’
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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