intervention

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After about 72 hours, manual intervention becomes necessary.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

Military intervention wasn’t on the list of options discussed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

However, the KMI Panel unanimously supported the non-VAR intervention, stating that it was "in keeping with the high threshold for VAR overturns".

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

She was shameless in the way she treated your grandmother in public and, in the absence of any intervention, she felt free to change her mother’s will.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

Creatures such as the Tebo, the Demiguise and the Bowtruckle have their own highly effective means of camouflage and no intervention by the Ministry of Magic has ever been necessary on their behalf.

From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling