intervention
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“We thought that the economy was so dynamic that it would fix itself fairly quickly. And we thought that inflation would go away fairly quickly without an intervention by us,” he explained.
From MarketWatch • May 10, 2026
Those methods failed to protect Gen. Camara, one of the key backers in the junta for Russia’s intervention.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
After an intervention from his lawyers, a second charge of driving without due care and attention was dropped.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
"In this case, any kind of intervention that can have a beneficial effect on health, you could potentially have a huge improvement in quality of life for the individual."
From Science Daily • May 7, 2026
Dispute over Copernicanism was distorted by the intervention of the theologians, but the dispute over physics could take place without such interference.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing intervention
Freak the Mighty
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
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"The Perils of Indifference," Vocabulary from the speech
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