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intervene

[in-ter-veen] / ˌɪn tərˈvin /




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“Treasury’s objective is to build a system that’s more humane, that allows self service, that doesn’t require a collection agency to intervene and call every borrower,” Kamm said.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026

Asia's worst-performing currency this year weakened to as much as 18,253 to the greenback in afternoon trade, spurring the Indonesian central bank to intervene to provide support.

From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026

"If we can detect those changes and intervene earlier, that could help delay the onset of central nervous system symptoms."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 10, 2026

She just wanted to teach Martin a lesson, but soon, social services intervene to determine whether the elderly couple has to be separated for Leslie’s safety.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

“Like the Sixers. So Jim asked me to monitor the contest, and to intervene if it ever became necessary.”

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

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

"When one country intervenes in the decisions of another country, freedom dies," Petro wrote Tuesday in response to Trump's endorsement.

From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026

“Real life intervenes for Kayce. Unfortunately it happens to so many of us.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2026

At several points, Ratner intervenes to prod Trump into sharing more about herself.

From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2026

Out in the yard, the two kids start arguing over the bubble wand, and their mom intervenes.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

Their mutual friends intervened by inviting Frost to places, such as Cuba, far from the Morrison family.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

Tokyo intervened in the currency market over the summer to contain sharp yen declines, spending a record $50 billion in one day.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

In her book, Diana wrote that she believes that Chad would have died sooner if Truman had not intervened.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026

The Catholic Church intervened in September, publishing a document titled "The Fragility That Makes Us Human" in which it questioned why disability care was being addressed solely from a budgetary perspective.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

Mark Antony would have taken his life if his friends had not intervened.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby

The electric field accelerated the electrons and caused some of them to switch from one energy band to another, crossing the intervening gap through a quantum mechanical transition.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2026

If you buy maturity-based exchange-traded funds, you can build a ladder of the intervening years, but that means that each year, you have to commit to a certain amount coming due.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

"That this coming event is worse than that, after three intervening global bleaching events ... is a terrifying reality," he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Although Harbaugh doesn’t see himself intervening on McDaniel’s turf, he does want to see improvement from Herbert.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

Although the find was of obvious archaeological importance, the object was so big and heavy that in the intervening eight decades it had never been pulled out of the ground.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann


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