intervening
Example Sentences
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In Virginia, lawmakers must vote on a change to the Constitution in two successive legislative terms, with an intervening election occurring between them, she said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
The idea is that, eventually, babies will learn to get themselves back to sleep without the parents intervening and, ultimately, that they get better sleep overall.
From Slate • May 3, 2026
Ofsted received more than 100 alerts about concerns without intervening before the homes were closed.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
But the government has generally avoided intervening to save a single carrier.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
Conversely, domestic turkeys of Mexico and domestic sunflowers of the eastern United States might have thrived in the Andes, but their southward spread was stopped by the intervening tropical climates.
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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