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intervention

[in-ter-ven-shuhn] / ˌɪn tərˈvɛn ʃən /


NOUN
armed interference
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That intervention was the first time since 1998 that Tokyo moved in lockstep with the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

An adult grows so close to their favorite chatbot that their partner is forced to consider either staging an intervention or breaking things off entirely.

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026

Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur made his views about Horner's intervention pretty plain after the Azerbaijan Grand Prix when he said: "Mr Horner is looking for a job - that, everybody knows - everywhere."

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Even with that delay, mice that received either intervention showed better motor recovery, smaller lesion volumes, improved glymphatic flow, and lower levels of inflammatory cytokines in the brain.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

I’m glad nothing requires my intervention, because I’m trying hard to maintain my composure.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

The Charity Commission also said its regulatory interventions to protect Fashion For Relief's funds ensured other charities received almost £250,000 that was owed to them.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Japan did not conduct any foreign-exchange market interventions between August 27 and September 28, according to Ministry of Finance data.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Future work will also examine whether improved glymphatic flow directly causes better recovery and whether circadian-based interventions can eventually be tested in clinical trials.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

During the project, the trust said it would work with landowners to trial "small-scale habitat interventions" to identify those which work well while gaining a better understanding of the species' behaviour and needs.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

But within barely a decade, the Klan had been extinguished, largely by legal and military interventions out of Washington, D.C.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt




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