as in to interfere
to act as a go-between for opposing sides
intervened in the argument before any real harm was done
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Recent Examples of intervene
Audience members intervened and restrained him until police arrived.
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Justin Gest, Newsweek, 10 Feb. 2025
Photograph by Mathias Depardon for The New Yorker The idea of imprinting, and of intervening in nature generally, has become more fashionable in conservation circles.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Her friend, another woman, intervened and pushed the man away.
—Kristi Miller, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2025
That was 40 years ago, and in the intervening years, the factory has expanded to encompass 2.8 million square feet (260,000 m2), where 3,000 people build four- and six-cylinder engines for the Hondas and Acuras people drive here in the US.
—Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2025
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Justin Gest, Newsweek, 10 Feb. 2025
Photograph by Mathias Depardon for The New Yorker The idea of imprinting, and of intervening in nature generally, has become more fashionable in conservation circles.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Her friend, another woman, intervened and pushed the man away.
—Kristi Miller, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2025
That was 40 years ago, and in the intervening years, the factory has expanded to encompass 2.8 million square feet (260,000 m2), where 3,000 people build four- and six-cylinder engines for the Hondas and Acuras people drive here in the US.
—Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intervene
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Others argue that stopping U.S. funding for groups that oppose various governments could strengthen Washington's standing if it is seen as not seeking to interfere in internal politics.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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The Street Profits, Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins, interfered in the match and allowed Gargano and Ciampa to retain the titles.—
Ryan Gaydos,
Fox News,
2 Feb. 2025
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Facebook brought one of the biggest tech scandals of the 2010s Stateside by allowing a British political consulting firm to intercede in the 2016 presidential election.—
Hanna Lustig,
Glamour,
17 Jan. 2025
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And from a purely tactical and operational standpoint, the faster warfare gets, the more disadvantages lie in slowing things down by requiring humans to intercede during combat. TO ERR IS HUMAN Of course, tactics and operations are not the only considerations in war.—
Sebastian Elbaum,
Foreign Affairs,
6 Dec. 2024
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Six months later, Meek and Ak went head-to-head on the Clubhouse app, exchanging harsh words until 21 Savage began to mediate the out-of-control conversation.—
Jessica Bennett,
VIBE.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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Multiple international bodies help mediate those discrepancies, including the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA TODAY,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Intervene.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intervene. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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