intercede

Example Sentences

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On the other side are regional officials who intercede in disputes over burials, pushing the Kremlin’s narrative, as well as relatives and friends of the deceased who want to remove the stigma of the crime.

From New York Times

Another mob tried to attack Carrier, but the Levy County sheriff interceded and drove Carrier to Gainesville, where he asked the local sheriff “to put him in jail for safekeeping for six months,” Jenkins said.

From Washington Post

He prayed that the bishop may “intercede for us, his beloved community” from heaven.

From Los Angeles Times

Those who are our friends will intercede for us with our enemies.

From Literature

They implored me to let them; and when I said it was Dr. Van Helsing’s wish that either he or I should sit up, they asked me quite piteously to intercede with the “foreign gentleman.”

From Literature