intercede

On Monday, she met with Pope Leo in Rome and asked him “to intercede for all Venezuelans who remain kidnapped and disappeared.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026

This is now the third time in a matter of weeks this Court has had to intercede in a case squarely controlled by one of its precedents.

From Slate ● Jan. 3, 2026

As real-life danger threatens the brave young heroes, supernatural forces will intercede in their defense.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2025

Travis County Judge Jessica Mangrum granted a temporary order halting the execution just 90 minutes before it was scheduled to take place after Governor Greg Abbott and the United States Supreme Court declined to intercede.

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2024

They implored me to let them; and when I said it was Dr. Van Helsing’s wish that either he or I should sit up, they asked me quite piteously to intercede with the “foreign gentleman.”

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

The new mission of the Slatest is to explain the biggest story of the day, but sometimes the story of the year intercedes.

From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026

"Where this work intercedes is thinking about how to inject something beforehand that would help boost or enhance the amount of signal that is available to collect in the same small sample."

From Science Daily ● Jan. 18, 2024

In the case of a total lunar eclipse, the Earth intercedes between the sun and the moon.

From Washington Post ● May 11, 2022

"The longer that talks go on, the greater the chance that the conflict intercedes," said Henry Rome, Iran analyst at consultancy Eurasia.

From Reuters ● Mar. 1, 2022

I hear my name and see Ayesha waving at me before her mother intercedes and makes her drop her hands to her sides.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

Recently, the agency interceded on Home Depot’s behalf in a case pending before the Supreme Court.

From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026

Legends surrounding St. Nicholas’ generosity appear in texts ranging from medieval manuscripts to modern-day poems, including how he interceded on behalf of wrongly condemned prisoners and miraculously saved sailors from storms.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2023

Some witnesses told police that the suspect was a good Samaritan who interceded when the man who was killed assaulted a woman, according to KTLA-TV.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2023

He said a number of other employees had complained about Bing, and he believes Walmart should have interceded more forcefully.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 4, 2022

Afraid that things were spinning out of control, Gattis quickly interceded.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

Dodie Osteen said interceding for those in need is a fulfilling ministry.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 19, 2023

The cornerstone of the college’s mental health initiative is interceding and introducing students to services early as well as approaching students directly instead of hoping they reach out themselves.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 29, 2022

One recruiting pipeline has consistently filled some of our hardest and most important jobs during the interceding generations: new military members mostly come from military families.

From Salon ● Nov. 11, 2021

One of those allies, Representative Mark Meadows, Republican of North Carolina, applauded the outcome on Monday, lavishing praise on Mr. Trump for interceding on behalf of lawmakers.

From New York Times ● May 22, 2018

Aged about twelve, she may have protected Smith, but not, as he wrote, by interceding when he was a captive and about to be executed in 1607.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann