intervene
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The Columbia, Md.-based company’s systems allow health plans to identify high-risk patients and intervene to improve health outcomes and save money.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
There’s also been speculation that Japanese authorities might quietly intervene again in foreign-exchange markets to further curb the yen’s downturn since September.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
Wayve later told me it was the driver's decision to intervene and they were confident their AI system would have handled it.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
As I found out when I became the first UK journalist to hail one, it was mostly smooth but the safety driver did intervene on one occasion.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
He concludes the dismount, saying he’s glad we came, so that we could know how necessary it is to intervene aggressively.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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The Bank of Japan intervenes in the market under the instruction of the ministry to ease economic damage from sharp fluctuations in exchange rates.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
We can see Houghton’s play in these moments, but then Alloway’s cheeky pop sensibility intervenes, the arch artificiality and ironic tone draining the emotional impact.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
One-third of the nation’s coal fleet plans to retire over the next five years, unless someone intervenes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026
At several points, Ratner intervenes to prod Trump into sharing more about herself.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2026
Father opens his mouth to answer, but Mother intervenes.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
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Saudi Arabia intervened the following year and fought for years to dislodge them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
However, Sirisena personally intervened and granted Gnanasara a presidential pardon in 2019 after the monk had served less than a year of his sentence.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Robin Brooks, senior economist at the Brookings Institution, thinks the “current strengthening of the yen has all the signs of hidden intervention,” meaning that authorities may have intervened more than they publicly have let on.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
The US eventually climbed down from that position after mediator Pakistan intervened and called for more diplomacy.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
You would have failed me completely had I not intervened.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
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CIF membership has been cautious about intervening or limiting transfer opportunities for fear politicians in Sacramento might get involved.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
The question is whether we can last the intervening two and a half years.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
In the intervening years, however, a cottage industry of compounding pharmacies emerged, including Ro and Hims & Hers Health.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
In the intervening period, Aston Martin, as Newey put it, "overhauled how we work", improved organisation, put in place different systems, and rethought the car.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
We have no record of della Porta’s thoughts and feelings during this intervening week.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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