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intervene

[in-ter-veen] / ˌɪn tərˈvin /




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I occasionally see Waymos in New York—but with a person in the driver’s seat, ostensibly able to intervene while the system learns the city’s challenges.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

Because of the "structural fragility" of boats used to cross the Channel, it said they decided not to intervene further at that stage.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

“We’d prefer them not to be selling about $50 billion of Treasurys every time they intervene for little, if any, results,” said Eric Wallerstein, chief macro strategist at Clocktower Group.

From MarketWatch Aug. 3, 2026

That could create opportunities to intervene earlier while avoiding unnecessary treatment for people whose blood changes may not be cancerous.

From Science Daily Aug. 1, 2026

His mother had to intervene to put a brake on his stream of orders.

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks

Japan says that if it intervenes again, it will borrow from the Fed to do so rather than sell its Treasury holdings outright.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

Saroj is now demanding the government urgently intervenes and close HMP Pentonville down.

From BBC Jul. 9, 2026

That kind of analysis identifies disparities in outcomes, assesses whether they are justified by legitimate objectives, and intervenes when they are not.

From Salon Jan. 22, 2026

But harsh reality intervenes and the losses begin to accumulate.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 31, 2025

Aunt Melissa intervenes, planting her body firmly between us and the agents.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

Japan and the United States intervened jointly in financial markets last week, buying yen for the first time since the Asian financial crisis in 1998.

From Barron's Aug. 4, 2026

Washington intervened by selling euros, not dollars, drawing on the Treasury’s Exchange Stabilization Fund, which has limited firepower.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

Washington and Tokyo jointly intervened to strengthen the slumping yen.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

Japanese authorities have intervened to boost the yen a handful of times over the past few years.

From MarketWatch Aug. 3, 2026

Gregor didn’t know how long they might have stood there sizing each other up if Boots hadn’t intervened.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins

In the intervening years, however, a cottage industry of compounding pharmacies emerged, including Ro and Hims & Hers Health.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

But divine entities stopped intervening in man’s affairs long ago; besides, I had the answer drawn and nocked since I’d walked out of the theater days before.

From Salon Aug. 2, 2026

Still, the findings introduce a possible strategy for intervening earlier in individuals whose metabolic health may place them at greater risk of Alzheimer's disease.

From Science Daily Jul. 31, 2026

But what alarms fans even more than nitpicking that exceeds the abilities of the human eye is how often that tech is intervening.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

In the less than two centuries intervening since the work of Pott, the environmental situation has been vastly changed.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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