intervention
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Campaigners argue progress has been too slow and calls for further intervention have increased in recent years.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
He added efficacy also depended on the scale of the intervention, and that controlling populations this way risked becoming a "forever enterprise."
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
A weak currency doesn’t justify intervention on its own.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
But her intervention has provoked a bit of a backlash among former colleagues and has raised some questions around the current first minister's approach going forward.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
The same thing happens in nature, he realized, without human intervention.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
The intervention appears to have given the yen at least a temporary boost, a sign that the joint effort has been more effective than other recent interventions carried out by the Japanese.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
But developing those solutions should not come at the cost of more mundane but effective interventions.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent both confirmed joint interventions to support the yen last week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
The yen has been sliding despite previous interventions and comments by Katayama that Japan was ready to act, remarks aimed at deterring investors from betting on the currency sliding further.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 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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Freak the Mighty
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