intervention
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US Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett has similarly requested federal intervention.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Bessent was speaking not just of the Treasury’s recent intervention in support of the Japanese yen but also of American efforts to shore up the Argentine peso ahead of the last election.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
“I have asymmetric information. I am the house now,” he said on Tuesday, in reference to the recent intervention in the yen, adding: “You can bet against me if you want.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Alvarez’s intervention work primarily focused on using his gang contacts to help quash disputes and acting as a middleman between people scared to report crimes to police and law enforcement officials, according to Garcia-Leys.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Thales attempted to understand the world without invoking the intervention of the gods.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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Just over a month after joint currency interventions failed to pull the yen significantly off multi-decade lows, shifting policy expectations have triggered a remarkable turnaround.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Although Americans initially supported these interventions, they soured on them many years before they ended.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Whereas previous interventions by the Japanese were short-lived and ineffectual, though, this rally has developed momentum.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
So far there have been just two subjective interventions at 0.06 per game, compared to 0.15 last season.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 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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Freak the Mighty
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