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intervention

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


NOUN
armed interference
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After about 72 hours, manual intervention becomes necessary.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

"Beijing's intention, in short, is to internalise the cross-strait issue, treating it as a domestic matter for China, with foreign intervention prohibited," Mainland Affairs Council spokesman Liang Wen-chieh said Thursday.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

But they, too, would be unlikely to fight Iran for the strait absent a major American intervention, diplomats and officials say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

East Midlands Mayor Claire Ward told the Local Democracy Reporting Service she was working closely with Amber Valley MP Linsey Farnsworth to make a case for intervention from the government.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

The ultimate goal of any reintroduction program is to create a self-sustaining population in the wild—a species that can survive and breed completely on its own, with no human intervention.

From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh