as in to intervene
to act as a go-between for opposing sides
asked an old friend of the family to intercede in the bitter dispute over the inheritance
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The attack comes as Israel and Iran enter their seventh day of tit-for-tat strikes in the wake of the Israeli military’s initial blow to Tehran’s nuclear capabilities and as President Trump and his administration weigh whether the U.S. should intercede.
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Tara Suter, The Hill, 19 June 2025
City officials, a judge and even police have been forced to intercede after residents who say the self-driving cars are a nuisance have banded together against the local 56-vehicle fleet.
—Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2025
Orlando Sentinel Nearly two dozen supporters of the forest turned out Tuesday to plead with Orange County to intercede.
—Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 May 2025
One character’s storyline — that of 14-year-old character Kai (voiced by Chanel Stewart, who is transgender) underwent changes when Disney interceded and asked gender references be taken out.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2025
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Tara Suter, The Hill, 19 June 2025
City officials, a judge and even police have been forced to intercede after residents who say the self-driving cars are a nuisance have banded together against the local 56-vehicle fleet.
—Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2025
Orlando Sentinel Nearly two dozen supporters of the forest turned out Tuesday to plead with Orange County to intercede.
—Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 May 2025
One character’s storyline — that of 14-year-old character Kai (voiced by Chanel Stewart, who is transgender) underwent changes when Disney interceded and asked gender references be taken out.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2025
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Ideally, complications are minimized by using conscious sedation for the shortest time period possible and ensuring a qualified healthcare provider, trained in recognizing complications and able to intervene rapidly, oversees the conscious sedation.—
Pamela Assid,
Verywell Health,
21 July 2025
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Faith leaders ‘can move the needle’ One advocacy group, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, took steps last week to reverse the decision in the lawsuit by filing a motion to intervene.—
Lauren Costantino
Updated July 20,
Miami Herald,
20 July 2025
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Nevertheless, the Obama administration ordered a new intelligence assessment claiming that Russia had interfered in the election to aid then-candidate Donald Trump.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
25 July 2025
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Russia attempted to interfere in the 2016 presidential election in favor of Trump, according to former Special Counsel Robert Mueller's 2019 final report and a 2020 bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee assessment.—
Sudiksha Kochi,
USA Today,
25 July 2025
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“Intercede.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intercede. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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