intervene
verb (used without object)
to come between disputing people, groups, etc.; intercede; mediate.
was intervening
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past progressiveof intervene.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Mistaken identity: At the World Cup, the VAR was intervening on simulation.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Joseph Brusuelas, chief economist at RSM U.S., said in a post on X that the move looked like the Bank of Japan was intervening in the currency market to boost the yen.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 23, 2026
The central bank was intervening only to ease volatility, not to reverse a trend driven by fundamentals, Gaikar added.
From Barron's ● Dec. 3, 2025
Rising U.S. yields at a time when the Bank of Japan was intervening to keep Japanese benchmark yields pinned down caused the yen to soften this year.
From Reuters ● May 13, 2022
Surely some malignant fate was intervening between Anne and myself, determined to keep us apart.
From The Red Symbol by John Ironside
