intercede
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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
As real-life danger threatens the brave young heroes, supernatural forces will intercede in their defense.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2025
He escaped before Dr. Moreau could inoculate him. intercede.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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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
In the case of a total lunar eclipse, the Earth intercedes between the sun and the moon.
From Washington Post ● May 11, 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
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
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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
Supporters rushed him and several screamed at him before Doral police interceded and moved him down the street.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 12, 2023
He now believes that Sheriff Davis was likely at the rally the whole time and interceded only after news of Cheney’s phone calls had been radioed to him.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 12, 2022
Afraid that things were spinning out of control, Gattis quickly interceded.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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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
One of those allies, Representative Mark Meadows, Republican of North Carolina, applauded the outcome on Monday, lavishing praise on Mr. Trump for interceding on behalf of lawmakers.
From New York Times ● May 22, 2018
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
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