intervening
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This is despite her insistence that her values haven’t changed in the intervening years.
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026
However, the results suggest that intervening before the disease appears can meaningfully alter its course, potentially reducing the number of years people spend living with symptoms and related complications.
From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026
Once master of vast expanses of northern, central and western Africa, France has played a crucial role in the continent's post‑colonial history, repeatedly intervening militarily since the early 1960s.
From Barron's • May 10, 2026
“How could this take place over the course of five or six hours without anyone intervening or knowing about it?”
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026
That’s because much of the intervening area of Texas and the southern Great Plains was dry and unsuitable for agriculture.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing intervening
Franklin D. Roosevelt, "A Date That Will Live In Infamy" (1941)
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Selected Short Stories of H.G. Wells
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The Martian
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