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intercede

[in-ter-seed] / ˌɪn tərˈsid /


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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

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

Apple decided to intercede in the software piracy case. irresistible.

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

The Vatican often intercedes out of public view in part to tamp down controversy about its policy of dialogue with any and all parties.

From Washington Post Dec. 17, 2014

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

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

From Los Angeles Times May 20, 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

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

‘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

The events that fill the interceding days — her mother’s premature death, friendships, graduations, marriage, vacations, a quiet career, late-life illnesses — could be called “ordinary.”

From New York Times Aug. 15, 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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