intercession
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Constant upkeep and repair can be a kind of life-affirming ritual—an appreciation for how even the best-made machines require the regular intercession of human skill and diligence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
Some online voices suggested that the volunteers should have let him go through with the threat rather than intervene, likening this intercession to an editor’s changing an entry’s tense from is to was.
From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2025
Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith got their celestial intercession thanks to the “Men In Black” actor’s Oscars night slap of presenter Chris Rock.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2023
After beatification, a miracle attributed to the Ulmas’ intercession would be necessary for their eventual canonization, as the church’s sainthood process is called.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 9, 2023
Through her intercession, they would find the way to survive.
From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Iran hasn’t said much as we write this, and leaks from negotiators suggest the familiar confusing intercessions from Oman and Qatar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
His effort to offer enrichment and catch-up work during intercessions got off to a slow start but has become a recurring instructional program.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
Still, successive administrations in Washington sought to limit his ability to travel to the United States, despite personal intercessions from Putin.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2023
Priests gave intercessions for the big cat’s survival.
From Slate ● Dec. 24, 2022
No one made more earnest intercessions than Maximilian II.; it is true that he was more interested on account of the marriage intended for his daughter.
From The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. by Juan Antonio Llorente
Vocabulary lists containing intercession
Bless Me, Ultima
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"The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," Vocabulary from Act 2
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"The Overcoat" by Nikolai Gogol
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