intercede

On Monday, she met with Pope Leo in Rome and asked him “to intercede for all Venezuelans who remain kidnapped and disappeared.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026

This is now the third time in a matter of weeks this Court has had to intercede in a case squarely controlled by one of its precedents.

From Slate ● Jan. 3, 2026

Levenson said it’s unlikely Hochman could intercede, however, if Ryan grants the resentencing petition before Gascón leaves office.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2024

Travis County Judge Jessica Mangrum granted a temporary order halting the execution just 90 minutes before it was scheduled to take place after Governor Greg Abbott and the United States Supreme Court declined to intercede.

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2024

Dean refused to intercede, and within a week Teller made good on his threat.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

The new mission of the Slatest is to explain the biggest story of the day, but sometimes the story of the year intercedes.

From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026

"Where this work intercedes is thinking about how to inject something beforehand that would help boost or enhance the amount of signal that is available to collect in the same small sample."

From Science Daily ● Jan. 18, 2024

"The longer that talks go on, the greater the chance that the conflict intercedes," said Henry Rome, Iran analyst at consultancy Eurasia.

From Reuters ● Mar. 1, 2022

Whether or not you are religious, there is comfort in the idea of a higher power, a force beyond the mundane that organizes and intercedes in your life as it unfolds.

From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2022

But when he said, “We will now pray to the spirit in our own words, for the spirit intercedes for us in accordance with His will,” the silence was broken.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

When a Dallas Morning News political writer asked Paxton why he voted in Collin County, the attorney general shook his head as a campaign aide interceded.

From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026

Instead, the governor interceded and essentially cut Peters’ sentence in half.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026

When an Israeli reporter recently asked Mastriano about his ties to Gab and his comments about his opponent, the candidate’s wife interceded.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 2, 2022

She remembers one of Helm’s two dogs was jealous when her owner got close to Staples and would bark until the drummer interceded on Staples’ behalf; the barking immediately stopped.

From Seattle Times ● May 19, 2022

Max and John quickly came to Francis’ rescue and interceded with the Professor.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

Dodie Osteen said interceding for those in need is a fulfilling ministry.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 19, 2023

The cornerstone of the college’s mental health initiative is interceding and introducing students to services early as well as approaching students directly instead of hoping they reach out themselves.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 29, 2022

One recruiting pipeline has consistently filled some of our hardest and most important jobs during the interceding generations: new military members mostly come from military families.

From Salon ● Nov. 11, 2021

She had been convicted of obstructing a police officer, after interceding when the police tried to question a mentally unstable man.

From New York Times ● Jun. 25, 2020

Aged about twelve, she may have protected Smith, but not, as he wrote, by interceding when he was a captive and about to be executed in 1607.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann