intervention

Example Sentences

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Last week, he warned, external that "current conditions for Europe's chemical industry are unsurvivable without immediate intervention".

From BBC

His precious moments are not memories of an idealized past, nor projections of a tantalizing dream, but interventions in our complex present that reveal beautiful and unsettling layers.

From Los Angeles Times

"By finding what breaks the chromosome in the first place, we now have a new and actionable point of intervention for slowing cancer evolution."

From Science Daily

Lord McDonald made a highly unusual intervention this week, saying he had tried to get in touch with No10 about the possibility of Dame Antonia being appointed and warning "more due diligence" was needed.

From BBC

Pahlavi, who has lived in exile since his father was overthrown and replaced by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, urged an outside "humanitarian intervention to prevent more innocent lives" being lost in Iran.

From Barron's