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are intervening

  • present progressive
    of intervene.
    intervene
    verb (used without object)
    to come between disputing people, groups, etc.; intercede; mediate.

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Community Action Network and Los Angeles Catholic Worker — are intervening on behalf of homeless people in the case.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2026

In many situations today, he said, multiple foreign countries are intervening on behalf of their own interests.

From Seattle Times ● May 29, 2024

Across the continent, some governments are intervening by capping prices on food essentials, rather than waiting for the economic debates about corporate profiteering to play out.

From New York Times ● May 30, 2023

"Many countries are intervening to protect their currencies from rout," S&P Global said.

From Reuters ● Nov. 24, 2022

They are intervening ridges between low grounds, or marshes and bodies of water, and their location not generally considered very healthy.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by P. L. Simmonds