intervening
Example Sentences
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CIF membership has been cautious about intervening or limiting transfer opportunities for fear politicians in Sacramento might get involved.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Mistaken identity: At the World Cup, the VAR was intervening on simulation.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
The question is whether we can last the intervening two and a half years.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
The problem with intervening by lending dollars to Japan is it makes the intervention less likely to work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
During the intervening period I had no time to nurse chimeras; and I believe I was as active and gay as anybody—Adèle excepted.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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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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