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intervene

[in-ter-veen] / ˌɪn tərˈvin /




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Prevent was set up 20 years ago to try to identify future potential terrorists and intervene in their lives, often by challenging hateful ideologies such as far right extremism or support for jihadist violence.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

He also contended it is too late for judges to intervene.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

Japan normally sells some of its huge pile of Treasury debt to intervene.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

Meanwhile, county officials have stepped back — for now — from earlier threats to intervene and possibly force more immediate budget cuts upon the nation’s second-largest school system.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

“What is this?” said frozen Mr. Flux, unable to intervene.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

Saroj is now demanding the government urgently intervenes and close HMP Pentonville down.

From BBC Jul. 9, 2026

"When one country intervenes in the decisions of another country, freedom dies," Petro wrote Tuesday in response to Trump's endorsement.

From Barron's Jun. 3, 2026

We can see Houghton’s play in these moments, but then Alloway’s cheeky pop sensibility intervenes, the arch artificiality and ironic tone draining the emotional impact.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 26, 2026

But it suggested that Beijing views an amphibious assault on Taiwan as risky and likely to fail, particularly if the U.S. intervenes.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 19, 2026

“Vegetables are good for you; your mother says so too. Have some more,” she insists, until Father intervenes and upholds my right to refuse a dish I don’t like.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

This will include a referee's description of why they have given a decision, or the VAR's direct reasoning for why they have not intervened.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

Burnley got into trouble while attending another high school when Marsh intervened to get him another chance.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

"This is extremely important to the PM and he has personally intervened to ensure everything possible is being done so that vile groomers are dealt with in the way their victims deserve."

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

Japan and the United States intervened jointly in financial markets last week, buying yen for the first time since the Asian financial crisis in 1998.

From Barron's Aug. 4, 2026

It was time to get Seabiscuit into a prep race, but something always intervened.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

So what did he do during the intervening six months?

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

The question is whether we can last the intervening two and a half years.

From Slate Aug. 10, 2026

In the intervening years, however, a cottage industry of compounding pharmacies emerged, including Ro and Hims & Hers Health.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

But divine entities stopped intervening in man’s affairs long ago; besides, I had the answer drawn and nocked since I’d walked out of the theater days before.

From Salon Aug. 2, 2026

The image is read by the Voyager computers, radioed back across the immense intervening distance of half a billion kilometers to a radio telescope, a ground station on the Earth.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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