intercession

Constant upkeep and repair can be a kind of life-affirming ritual—an appreciation for how even the best-made machines require the regular intercession of human skill and diligence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025

Some online voices suggested that the volunteers should have let him go through with the threat rather than intervene, likening this intercession to an editor’s changing an entry’s tense from is to was.

From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2025

Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith got their celestial intercession thanks to the “Men In Black” actor’s Oscars night slap of presenter Chris Rock.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2023

Last year, Francis approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of John Paul I — that of the recovery of a critically ill 11-year-old girl in 2011 in Buenos Aires.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 4, 2022

Through her intercession, they would find the way to survive.

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer

Iran hasn’t said much as we write this, and leaks from negotiators suggest the familiar confusing intercessions from Oman and Qatar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

His effort to offer enrichment and catch-up work during intercessions got off to a slow start but has become a recurring instructional program.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026

Still, successive administrations in Washington sought to limit his ability to travel to the United States, despite personal intercessions from Putin.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2023

Priests gave intercessions for the big cat’s survival.

From Slate ● Dec. 24, 2022

If the frogs passed away at once, the relief might chance to be a natural one; and Pharaoh doubtless conceived that elaborate and long protracted intercessions were necessary for his deliverance.

From The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus by Chadwick, G. A.