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That is setting up a debate over when military forces should use AI, when humans should intercede and who should decide where to draw the lines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

This is now the third time in a matter of weeks this Court has had to intercede in a case squarely controlled by one of its precedents.

From Slate ● Jan. 3, 2026

Travis County Judge Jessica Mangrum granted a temporary order halting the execution just 90 minutes before it was scheduled to take place after Governor Greg Abbott and the United States Supreme Court declined to intercede.

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2024

At this point, military chiefs decided to call on family members to intercede.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2024

“My spirit will intercede for you, so that Chukwu will send a good man to take care of you and the children.”

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The new mission of the Slatest is to explain the biggest story of the day, but sometimes the story of the year intercedes.

From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026

"Where this work intercedes is thinking about how to inject something beforehand that would help boost or enhance the amount of signal that is available to collect in the same small sample."

From Science Daily ● Jan. 18, 2024

In the case of a total lunar eclipse, the Earth intercedes between the sun and the moon.

From Washington Post ● May 11, 2022

"The longer that talks go on, the greater the chance that the conflict intercedes," said Henry Rome, Iran analyst at consultancy Eurasia.

From Reuters ● Mar. 1, 2022

I hear my name and see Ayesha waving at me before her mother intercedes and makes her drop her hands to her sides.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

Recently, the agency interceded on Home Depot’s behalf in a case pending before the Supreme Court.

From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026

Some witnesses told police that the suspect was a good Samaritan who interceded when the man who was killed assaulted a woman, according to KTLA-TV.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2023

When an Israeli reporter recently asked Mastriano about his ties to Gab and his comments about his opponent, the candidate’s wife interceded.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 2, 2022

She remembers one of Helm’s two dogs was jealous when her owner got close to Staples and would bark until the drummer interceded on Staples’ behalf; the barking immediately stopped.

From Seattle Times ● May 19, 2022

In her case, the government official interceded, and she survived.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

Dodie Osteen said interceding for those in need is a fulfilling ministry.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 19, 2023

The cornerstone of the college’s mental health initiative is interceding and introducing students to services early as well as approaching students directly instead of hoping they reach out themselves.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 29, 2022

One recruiting pipeline has consistently filled some of our hardest and most important jobs during the interceding generations: new military members mostly come from military families.

From Salon ● Nov. 11, 2021

Leading a quartet, Mr. DeFrancesco stretches out wide beneath the singer’s blustering swagger, often interceding with riffs and jabs of his own.

From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2018

Aged about twelve, she may have protected Smith, but not, as he wrote, by interceding when he was a captive and about to be executed in 1607.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann