intervene

Example Sentences

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We scrambled across the intervening platforms, heads low to avoid another bump, dropped down to the aisle, and edged our way to a patch of light.

From Literature

The agency said it had intervened as it suspected the ship was not included in the ship register of the Comoros, an African island nation, and was therefore in breach of international law.

From BBC

"If it's necessary to intervene we will," he said, adding that the scale of any intervention was dependent on what the eventual impact of the conflict was by July.

From BBC

In the intervening years Swanberg produced a number of projects for other filmmakers, did some acting and opened a small video store in Chicago.

From Los Angeles Times

Hoping someone else will intervene isn’t cowardly; it’s a means of survival in constantly uncertain conditions.

From Salon