intervention
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Homelessness does not get solved without the help of the county, which generally oversees mental health services and drug intervention and rehab.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
Page hopes to address that question in a future intervention study.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
It outlines that a same-day hearing should only be sought if a child's "immediate safety" would be compromised without the court's intervention.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
State-backed funds have rushed in to buy, but the intervention looks more like a Band-Aid than a cure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
And one dreads the crusts on the seats, especially when they require the intervention of a Dobie as well as a rag.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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"What we cannot yet say is which leads -- and that question will shape how we design interventions."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026
And we've seen plenty of surprise interventions where no player has asked for, say, a handball.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
"Mayors will be able to choose where to target funding, for example whether to maintain funding for local transport or prioritise other interventions."
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
“Our counsel to governments has been: Be careful that through interventions we do not mask these important price signals which are critical to make sure that the right products are being produced for our customers.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 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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