intervened

Example Sentences

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The hajj's last day is also the start of Eid al-Adha, the festival celebrating Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son before the angel Gabriel intervened and offered him a goat in Ishmael's place.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

“There were even cases that people intervened, and everybody got bitten,” Moscatelli says—that is, dogs bit capybaras, who bit dogs and humans.

From Slate • May 27, 2026

When a parent intervened, Pratt also screamed at the parent, according to three people who witnessed the incident, who asked to remain unnamed for fear of retaliation.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Investors accepted low returns on bonds because bonds acted like insurance, rising in price when stocks fell and central banks intervened.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

The strikers held fast at Hicks’s mines, but world events intervened.

From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell