intercede
verb (used without object)
to act or interpose in behalf of someone in difficulty or trouble, as by pleading or petition.
have interceded
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present perfectof intercede.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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He said a number of other employees had complained about Bing, and he believes Walmart should have interceded more forcefully.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 4, 2022
“You wish you could have interceded or you could have saved David.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2019
“A Harvard student was in obvious distress, and we need to understand how that came to be and whether we could have interceded earlier and more effectively,” he said.
From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2018
But Fusion executives have interceded with former colleagues in media when their clients came under scrutiny, records and interviews show.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 11, 2017
His house has been closed to me for twenty years—and my mother, who might have interceded for me, is dead.
From Jezebel's Daughter by Wilkie Collins
