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interpose

[in-ter-pohz] / ˌɪn tərˈpoʊz /


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Critics mocked the former president online, with some leaping to point out that he also incorrectly used "interpose" in his excuse.

From Salon Feb. 15, 2024

But those who try to interpose the regime in the most personal aspects of people’s lives, including the choice of what to wear, run different kinds of risks.

From Seattle Times Sep. 28, 2022

Washington’s diplomatic goal, although it hasn’t been stated publicly this way, is to encourage China to interpose itself between the United States and North Korea and organize negotiations to de-nuclearize the Korean Peninsula.

From Washington Post Aug. 8, 2017

According to longstanding judicial precedent, Congress must clearly articulate its intent to interpose itself between a state and its political subdivisions.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2016

Immediately, her mother and sister were there to interpose a blander timetable.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

As Rachel interposes herself in the police investigation, befriending Scott and antagonizing Tom, the movie adeptly guides viewers to all the wrong conclusions.

From Slate Oct. 6, 2016

BST21:03 Fiorina interposes a discourse on Iran policy.

From The Guardian Sep. 16, 2015

There’s an awkward pause, and the friend apologetically interposes, “He doesn’t mean homosexual, Uncle Ben.”

From Salon Aug. 21, 2014

A few days later, the examining judge replied: “Dear Sir,—The court interposes no objection to your going to Mexico.”

From Slate Mar. 26, 2013

Such a person interposes between himself and reality nothing less than a labyrinth of attitudes.

From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin

Such a note, seemingly interposed at random, echoes Whitman and DeFeo.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 7, 2023

Then a newsreel begins to play - it shows a montage of India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah, interposed with scenes of violence that marked the partition.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2022

In the nearby township of Daveyton, even while openly defying the government’s ban on political funerals, Tutu interposed himself between Black mourners and hundreds of heavily armed soldiers to prevent a violent confrontation.

From Seattle Times Dec. 26, 2021

Thao interposed himself between Floyd and bystanders, video showed, looking on as he struggled.

From Salon Jun. 3, 2020

“Jaggers,” interposed Miss Havisham, much to my relief, “leave my Pip alone, and go with him to your dinner.”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

This device is so effective, in fact, that Kijak borrows it wholesale, repeatedly interposing these moments of gay serendipity, many of them identical to those in “Home Movies.”

From New York Times Jun. 28, 2023

The message was encoded by mechanically interposing or not interposing a three-inch block of brass in the muon beam every time a 12-billion-electron-volt synchrotron at the Argonne National Laboratory emitted a short burst of particles.

From Scientific American Sep. 1, 2022

“Hello, officer,” the kid said, interposing himself between her and Dion.

From Slate Oct. 26, 2019

They would have to be available both for peacekeeping duties and to underpin preventive diplomacy by interposing themselves between potential adversaries.

From The Guardian Feb. 16, 2016

And during the recombination of DNA, the strategy of interposing base against base is deployed yet again to restore damaged DNA.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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