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intercede

[in-ter-seed] / ˌɪn tərˈsid /


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The council did not intercede, for example, two years ago when LA28 stopped its previous practice of naming contractors that it had paid more than $1 million.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

That is setting up a debate over when military forces should use AI, when humans should intercede and who should decide where to draw the lines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 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

When special envoy Keith Kellogg travelled to Minsk to intercede for American citizens in prison, he emerged with Sergei, too.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2025

He escaped before Dr. Moreau could inoculate him. intercede.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

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

I hear my name and see Ayesha waving at me before her mother intercedes and makes her drop her hands to her sides.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

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

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026

Navarro continued keeping Farrell at arm's length until others interceded and shuffled him away.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2024

Legends surrounding St. Nicholas’ generosity appear in texts ranging from medieval manuscripts to modern-day poems, including how he interceded on behalf of wrongly condemned prisoners and miraculously saved sailors from storms.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2023

He said a number of other employees had complained about Bing, and he believes Walmart should have interceded more forcefully.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 4, 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

The knitters of Barracks 28 became the praying heart of the vast diseased body that was Ravensbruck, interceding for all in the camp—guards, under Betsie’s prodding, as well as prisoners.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom


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