as in to interfere
to act as a go-between for opposing sides
intervened in the argument before any real harm was done
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Recent Examples of intervene
Several passengers intervened and were able to get Priester back to his seat, the statement said.
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Lesley Cosme Torres, People.com, 30 May 2025
The Trump administration has again asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene after a federal judge in Boston blocked the deportations of seven men to South Sudan.
—Kristine Frazao, Baltimore Sun, 29 May 2025
Despite bipartisan and nearly unequivocal support for Gypsum Canyon in the intervening four years, Agran has refused to relinquish his goal of completing a veterans cemetery in Irvine.
—Jonathan Horwitz, Oc Register, 28 May 2025
State Secretary Marco Rubio urged the Organization of American States to assemble a coalition to intervene in Haiti at a congressional hearing earlier this month.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 28 May 2025
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Lesley Cosme Torres, People.com, 30 May 2025
The Trump administration has again asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene after a federal judge in Boston blocked the deportations of seven men to South Sudan.
—Kristine Frazao, Baltimore Sun, 29 May 2025
Despite bipartisan and nearly unequivocal support for Gypsum Canyon in the intervening four years, Agran has refused to relinquish his goal of completing a veterans cemetery in Irvine.
—Jonathan Horwitz, Oc Register, 28 May 2025
State Secretary Marco Rubio urged the Organization of American States to assemble a coalition to intervene in Haiti at a congressional hearing earlier this month.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 28 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intervene
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The government argues that district courts are expressly barred under the Immigration and Nationality Act from interfering in the execution of final removal orders, particularly under 8 U.S.C. § 1252(g).—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
27 May 2025
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The only way McAfee wins this is if someone interferes and costs Gunther the match or Gunther beats him so violently that he gets disqualified.—
Jeremy Hanna,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 May 2025
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One character’s storyline — that of 14-year-old character Kai (voiced by Chanel Stewart, who is transgender) underwent changes when Disney interceded and asked gender references be taken out.—
Randy Myers,
The Mercury News,
21 Feb. 2025
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The court will intercede when the children are not safe.—
Jann Blackstone,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Feb. 2025
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Indeed, while many species’ reactions to death are mediated mainly by sight, that certainly wasn’t the case for wiggling roundworms, which have no eyes and no sense of vision.—
Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
23 May 2025
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Instead, the act of watching felt surreal and mediated, as so much of my experience of my father’s murder did.—
Henry Leutwyler Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Quinton Kamara,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
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“Intervene.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intervene. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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