intercede

On Monday, she met with Pope Leo in Rome and asked him “to intercede for all Venezuelans who remain kidnapped and disappeared.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 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

Mr Bennett described the situation as unbearable and called directly on Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Foreign Secretary David Lammy to intercede on their behalf.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2025

Levenson said it’s unlikely Hochman could intercede, however, if Ryan grants the resentencing petition before Gascón leaves office.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2024

Dean refused to intercede, and within a week Teller made good on his threat.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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 his sophomore year, though, his evangelical a cappella singing group, a Christian twist on an old Ivy League tradition, interceded.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

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

One of those allies, Representative Mark Meadows, Republican of North Carolina, applauded the outcome on Monday, lavishing praise on Mr. Trump for interceding on behalf of lawmakers.

From New York Times ● May 22, 2018

The chief claimed to serve the people by interceding for them with the gods and reciting the ritual formulas required to obtain rain, good harvests, and success in fishing.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond