intercede
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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
As real-life danger threatens the brave young heroes, supernatural forces will intercede in their defense.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2025
About the brave women who tried to intercede.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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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
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
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 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
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
A photo of the angry throng closing on the Bittons made the papers, but not the story of black residents and a black reporter interceding, Mr. Noel said.
From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2018
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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