intervening
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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
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
During the intervening period Arsenal sat at the top looking down on all below them, but they have had a nine-point lead evaporate in the past 11 days.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 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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