intervention
Example Sentences
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“The only thing worse than intervention is indifference.”
From Los Angeles Times
"In this case, a work order for pest control intervention was made on the same day the issue was reported to the association."
From BBC
The VRU delivers targeted interventions aimed at preventing young people being drawn into gangs and violence, including placing youth workers in police custody and hospitals and tackling school exclusions.
From BBC
"We admit them and end up over-treating them with interventions, scans and pills," argues Price, who is president of the Society for Acute Medicine.
From BBC
It also isn’t clear that the Donroe Doctrine precludes interventions outside the Western Hemisphere.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.