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

“Only God knows the value and the strength of his intercession, of his sacrifices offered for the good of the Church,” Francis said.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 31, 2022

Through Dr. Trefusis’s kind intercession, I was permitted to ride with them, though atop the carriage, rather than within.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

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

He felt more confidence in the efficacy of their prayers than he had ever had in all the intercessions of the saints of which he was told when a boy.

From Duffels by Eggleston, Edward