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intervention

[in-ter-ven-shuhn] / ˌɪn tərˈvɛn ʃən /


NOUN
armed interference
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Rasputin’s intervention with a prayer seemingly ended a painful episode of internal bleeding that threatened Alexei’s life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

That’s when it became clear that, but for the intervention of the U.S.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026

The reduction of plastics is presented as an intervention for the outcomes of “conception and live birth.”

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026

For “some” patients, this intervention “might even have a negative impact,” it says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Havermeyer grinned at the colonel’s intervention and shoved another piece of peanut brittle inside his face.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller




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