intervene
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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
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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
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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
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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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