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By then, markets were rife with speculation Tokyo had been intervening including on Oct.

From Reuters • Oct. 24, 2022

Philip's sense of the situation was too complete for him not to be visited with glancing fears lest he had been intervening too presumptuously in the action of Maggie's conscience, perhaps for a selfish end.

From The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George

"All?" gasped Zoie weakly, and she wondered what curious fate had been intervening to assist Alfred in such a prodigious undertaking.

From Baby Mine by Mayo, Margaret