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

Mr Bennett described the situation as unbearable and called directly on Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Foreign Secretary David Lammy to intercede on their behalf.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2025

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

My friends around me began speaking rapid Arabic, gesturing and pointing, trying to intercede for me.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

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

A geology section jarringly intercedes before Robinson continues, like a flashback occurring too soon in a novel.

From Washington Post ● May 21, 2022

"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

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

Recently, the agency interceded on Home Depot’s behalf in a case pending before the Supreme Court.

From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026

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

After the parent company, the Stronach Group, interceded, changed track management and instituted major safety reforms, the fatalities were greatly reduced.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2023

“Other matters interceded; we lost the urgency,” he said, “and so we were going to make sure that never happened again.”

From Washington Post ● Jun. 25, 2022

‘That is a regular measurement in Canada and the rest of the world. Only you Americans -’ ‘About five or six football fields,’ Hazel interceded, feeding Arion a big chunk of gold.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

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

In that event, Verrastro foresees an international coalition, including China and Japan, interceding in the Persian Gulf region to secure the vast amounts of petroleum and natural gas that are vital to their survival.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 14, 2019

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