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interpose

[in-ter-pohz] / ˌɪn tərˈpoʊz /


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"I’m not a Nikki fan and I’m not a Pelosi fan. And when I purposely interpose names they said, ‘He didn’t know Pelosi from Nikki from tricky Nikki, tricky Dicky."

From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2024

But those who try to interpose the regime in the most personal aspects of people’s lives, including the choice of what to wear, run different kinds of risks.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 28, 2022

Over the weekend, he hastened to testify to the Justice Department inspector general and the Senate Judiciary Committee before Trump could seek to interpose assertions of executive privilege.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 8, 2021

According to longstanding judicial precedent, Congress must clearly articulate its intent to interpose itself between a state and its political subdivisions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2016

Lee said, “Longstreet proposes that we move our army to the right around the enemy flank and interpose between Meade and Washington.”

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara

As Rachel interposes herself in the police investigation, befriending Scott and antagonizing Tom, the movie adeptly guides viewers to all the wrong conclusions.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2016

BST21:03 Fiorina interposes a discourse on Iran policy.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 16, 2015

There’s an awkward pause, and the friend apologetically interposes, “He doesn’t mean homosexual, Uncle Ben.”

From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2014

A few days later, the examining judge replied: “Dear Sir,—The court interposes no objection to your going to Mexico.”

From Slate ● Mar. 26, 2013

Such a person interposes between himself and reality nothing less than a labyrinth of attitudes.

From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin

Such a note, seemingly interposed at random, echoes Whitman and DeFeo.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2023

Then a newsreel begins to play - it shows a montage of India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah, interposed with scenes of violence that marked the partition.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2022

In the nearby township of Daveyton, even while openly defying the government’s ban on political funerals, Tutu interposed himself between Black mourners and hundreds of heavily armed soldiers to prevent a violent confrontation.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 26, 2021

"No, but you're not reporting it correctly, Jonathan," Trump interposed.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2020

“Don’t add but his own,” interposed Estella, “for I hate that class of man. But he really is disinterested, and above small jealousy and spite, I have heard?”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

This device is so effective, in fact, that Kijak borrows it wholesale, repeatedly interposing these moments of gay serendipity, many of them identical to those in “Home Movies.”

From New York Times ● Jun. 28, 2023

The message was encoded by mechanically interposing or not interposing a three-inch block of brass in the muon beam every time a 12-billion-electron-volt synchrotron at the Argonne National Laboratory emitted a short burst of particles.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 1, 2022

“Hello, officer,” the kid said, interposing himself between her and Dion.

From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2019

But others worry about a machine interposing between parent and child.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 22, 2016

Michael moved in front of the machine, interposing himself between Octavian and the two Greek demigods.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan


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