mediate
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That result provided additional evidence that the receptor helps mediate at least some of coffee's biological effects.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
For Rice, the answer is that smartphones mediate the world through a screen—swiping, recording, editing, posting and sharing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
Oman is a key US ally which has tried to mediate the Middle East war and has itself come under attack from Tehran.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
If the Constitution treats all of that information as voluntarily exposed merely because third parties mediate it technologically, then the Fourth Amendment contracts dramatically without anyone ever formally rewriting it.
From Slate ● May 20, 2026
In a band, where everyone is closely related to everyone else, people related simultaneously to both quarreling parties step in to mediate quarrels.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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The hope is to become a "big fish" who mediates between the grunts and those with cash, maybe even entering polite society.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
The Geneva-based body that mediates trade disputes Friday said its Trade Barometer fell to 101.7 in June from 102.3 in January.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
One way to escape this game of chicken is when a third party mediates, offering both sides an off-ramp.
From BBC ● May 1, 2025
As journalist Franklin Foer elaborates in his acclaimed book on Biden’s presidency, The Last Politician, politics for Biden is the “means by which a society mediates its difference of opinion, allowing for peaceful coexistence.”
From Salon ● Feb. 18, 2024
Everywhere the divine ultimate Power mediates itself through the earthly elements and forces, speaks through small, childish things, incarnates itself in lover, wife, or friend—flashing its mystic fire through the web of human relations.
From The Case of Richard Meynell by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
During the fourth decade of warming, they observed that stable portions of soil organic matter, once believed to resist warming mediated decomposition, also began to break down.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
Recognizing that the more our lives are mediated with digital tools the harder it becomes to live without them has catalyzed less explicitly political pushes for offline attention as well.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
Vance spoke to reporters from the Swiss alpine resort of Bürgenstock as he was about to fly back to the U.S. after weekend talks mediated by Qatar and Pakistan ran into Monday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Catherine writes about life being mediated through screens and warns that the need for "genuine human connection" has never been greater.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
The Catholic Church of my youth mediated with special grace between the public and private realms of my life, such was the extent of its faith in itself.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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Aside from the Qatari delegation visiting Iran, Qatar's emir on Friday held a call with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif of Pakistan, which has also been mediating, according to Sharif's office.
From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026
Qatar has played a key role alongside Pakistan in mediating a conclusion to the conflict, with the most recent discussions between Tehran and Washington taking place on June 21 with all four countries in attendance.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
Tehran has discussed its proposal to charge service fees in talks with China and Egypt, Iranian and mediating officials said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
Qatar is a full mediating partner, along with Pakistan, in the diplomatic attempt to restart talks.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
By my second year, it was natural for me to spend a typical day mediating between Frederick Douglass’s integration into America and Martin Delany’s escape into nationalism.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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