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

Washington’s intercession ahead of the war’s anniversary appears to have been only partially successful.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 24, 2023

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

To this, however, the lieutenant, for various reasons, could not grant his consent; and when they found that their intercessions were ineffectual, they manifested their compassion by tears.

From Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods by Andrew Kippis