as in interfering
to act as a go-between for opposing sides
intervened in the argument before any real harm was done
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That's a worrying sign to anyone who may have been banking on zombies starving to death in the intervening years.
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
In the intervening years, South Korea has evolved to become a leading Asian democracy and commercial powerhouse whose main industries include steel, textiles, consumer electronics and car manufacturing.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2024
Watch on Deadline In the intervening period, Hammer has spent time in rehab, became divorced from his wife, and has spoken about having suicidal thoughts.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 3 Dec. 2024
In the intervening years, South Korea has evolved to become a leading Asian democracy and commercial powerhouse, whose main industries include steel, textiles, consumer electronics and car manufacturing.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, The Courier-Journal, 3 Dec. 2024
In this narrative, the former Marine was intervening, at risk to himself, in order to mitigate the danger posed by Neely to other passengers.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 3 Dec. 2024
Over the intervening decades the pendulum swung in the opposite direction.
—Kevin Coldiron, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
Many of them see it as the government intervening in the free market to pick winners and losers—especially when the latter are fossil-fuel companies that donate heavily to the GOP.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2024
In the intervening election seasons, more than two dozen officials in eight states, including key swing states like North Carolina and Pennsylvania, have followed suit, according to the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.
—Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2024
Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
In the intervening years, South Korea has evolved to become a leading Asian democracy and commercial powerhouse whose main industries include steel, textiles, consumer electronics and car manufacturing.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2024
Watch on Deadline In the intervening period, Hammer has spent time in rehab, became divorced from his wife, and has spoken about having suicidal thoughts.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 3 Dec. 2024
In the intervening years, South Korea has evolved to become a leading Asian democracy and commercial powerhouse, whose main industries include steel, textiles, consumer electronics and car manufacturing.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, The Courier-Journal, 3 Dec. 2024
In this narrative, the former Marine was intervening, at risk to himself, in order to mitigate the danger posed by Neely to other passengers.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 3 Dec. 2024
Over the intervening decades the pendulum swung in the opposite direction.
—Kevin Coldiron, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
Many of them see it as the government intervening in the free market to pick winners and losers—especially when the latter are fossil-fuel companies that donate heavily to the GOP.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2024
In the intervening election seasons, more than two dozen officials in eight states, including key swing states like North Carolina and Pennsylvania, have followed suit, according to the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.
—Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2024
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