intervention
Example Sentences
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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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Vocabulary lists containing intervention
Freak the Mighty
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
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"The Perils of Indifference," Vocabulary from the speech
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