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
Instead of focusing on her time working on a popular television show, the book examines her parents’ dramatic courtship, brief union and her own experiences with her father in the intervening years.
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Erik Pedersen, Orange County Register, 13 Mar. 2025
Still, in the intervening months between the last game of the regular season and the NFL Scouting Combine, there was always the possibility that Tremble might want to see what was out there for him in free agency.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 13 Mar. 2025
That record marked their first full-length album since 2013’s Mosquito, with the trio pursuing solo albums and other projects in the intervening years.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2025
In the intervening years, however, she’s struck out on various business endeavors — a podcast that went nowhere, a docuseries that came and went.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025
The phrase comes from a book written by a pastor, who claimed that beginning in April 2014, a series of four consecutive lunar eclipses — all coinciding with Jewish holidays, with six full moons in between and no intervening partial lunar eclipses — was an omen of the end times.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 6 Mar. 2025
By finally publishing it in the party’s flagship journal, the inference is that none of the intervening turmoil has made China’s leadership alter course one iota.
—Charlie Campbell, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025
The glory hasn’t diminished in the intervening years.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2025
Over the intervening months, tariffs might complicate the inflation picture further.
—Simon Moore, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
Erik Pedersen, Orange County Register, 13 Mar. 2025
Still, in the intervening months between the last game of the regular season and the NFL Scouting Combine, there was always the possibility that Tremble might want to see what was out there for him in free agency.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 13 Mar. 2025
That record marked their first full-length album since 2013’s Mosquito, with the trio pursuing solo albums and other projects in the intervening years.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2025
In the intervening years, however, she’s struck out on various business endeavors — a podcast that went nowhere, a docuseries that came and went.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025
The phrase comes from a book written by a pastor, who claimed that beginning in April 2014, a series of four consecutive lunar eclipses — all coinciding with Jewish holidays, with six full moons in between and no intervening partial lunar eclipses — was an omen of the end times.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 6 Mar. 2025
By finally publishing it in the party’s flagship journal, the inference is that none of the intervening turmoil has made China’s leadership alter course one iota.
—Charlie Campbell, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025
The glory hasn’t diminished in the intervening years.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2025
Over the intervening months, tariffs might complicate the inflation picture further.
—Simon Moore, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
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“Intervening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intervening. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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