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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Recent Examples of intervening
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.
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Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2024
In the intervening years, its ranks have repeatedly been thinned by Israeli assassinations of its top leaders, dating back to its earliest days.
—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
Unlike many of the historic plantations, Lakeport retains its original Greek Revival style, not having been remodeled over the intervening years.
—Curtis Varnell The Timepiece, arkansasonline.com, 13 Oct. 2024
Odds are the situation has deteriorated further, considering cost-of-living increases over the intervening years.
—Next Avenue, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
At a certain point, those college clogs had started to hurt, so the princess stopped wearing them, but who knows—maybe clogs’ fundamental design had changed in the intervening years?
—Kerry Elson, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024
Perhaps those intervening years helped, with Crowley and Garfield also relearning their process, while inviting Pugh to join them.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 10 Oct. 2024
Civilization 6 released eight years ago but has received a steady flow of updates and DLC in the intervening years.
—Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 3 Oct. 2024
Mills pleaded guilty to using excessive force and not intervening, as well as to conspiracy by withholding information from his supervisor, along with civil rights and conspiracy charges.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Intervening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intervening. Accessed 4 Dec. 2024.
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