Example Sentences

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Instead, the governor interceded and essentially cut Peters’ sentence in half.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

Navarro continued keeping Farrell at arm's length until others interceded and shuffled him away.

From Salon • Sep. 14, 2024

Legends surrounding St. Nicholas’ generosity appear in texts ranging from medieval manuscripts to modern-day poems, including how he interceded on behalf of wrongly condemned prisoners and miraculously saved sailors from storms.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2023

Another mob tried to attack Carrier, but the Levy County sheriff interceded and drove Carrier to Gainesville, where he asked the local sheriff “to put him in jail for safekeeping for six months,” Jenkins said.

From Washington Post • Jan. 29, 2023

‘That is a regular measurement in Canada and the rest of the world. Only you Americans -’ ‘About five or six football fields,’ Hazel interceded, feeding Arion a big chunk of gold.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan