intervening
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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
“The whole framework is full of contradictions: On the one hand the BOJ is buying bonds, pushing long-term rates down, while the Ministry of Finance is intervening to strengthen the yen,” he added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
There was a brief silence in which the distant echo of Hagrid smashing down a wooden front door seemed to reverberate through the intervening years.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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Vocabulary lists containing intervening
Franklin D. Roosevelt, "A Date That Will Live In Infamy" (1941)
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Selected Short Stories of H.G. Wells
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The Martian
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