intervene

Example Sentences

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"It suggests new ways to intervene before patients progress to severe inflammation that can require intubation."

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

During the Gulf War, a 1990 vote allowed a US-led coalition to intervene in Iraq, while in 2011 a similar vote permitted NATO's intervention in Libya.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

All told, the combined MLB average in doubles and triples per game in 2025 sank to its lowest point over a full season since 1989, leading some in the league wondering whether to intervene.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Others who spoke at Tuesday’s meeting in Sacramento called for the state water board to intervene and require L.A. to take less water to enable the lake to rise, or to stop taking water altogether.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

The inward person doth shrink and hesitate before the daunting inception of active deeds, wishing that some discouraging voice should intervene and forbid, so that no hazard might be made.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson