interposition
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Interposition, he has told attendees, is like playing defense in basketball.
From Salon • Jan. 13, 2023
Interposition was put to its ultimate test when General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard's ultimatum touched off the bombardment of Sumter.
From Time Magazine Archive
The British Court sollicited the Assistance of Russia; but we are informd that they faild of it through the Interposition of France by the Means of Sweden.
From The Writings of Samuel Adams - Volume 3 by Cushing, Harry Alonzo
This Circumstance seems to have the Marvellous without the Probable, because it is represented as proceeding from Natural Causes, without the Interposition of any God, or other Supernatural Power capable of producing it.
From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Addison, Joseph
Interposition presupposes particular necessity or reason for it, and raises the question, When and how often it may have been necessary.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 36, October, 1860 by Various
Vocabulary lists containing interposition
"Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King Jr. (1963), List 4
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"Paradise" by Dante Alighieri, Cantos 28–33
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