Example Sentences

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Hoping someone else will intervene isn’t cowardly; it’s a means of survival in constantly uncertain conditions.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

Now she’s hoping the Supreme Court will intervene.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 27, 2026

In recent days, the president has suggested he will intervene.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

Judges are usually loath to question prosecutors’ charging decisions—it is, after all, the prosecutor’s job to decide whom to charge and with what—and judges will intervene only in extraordinary circumstances.

From Slate • Oct. 14, 2025

Of course I will intervene ... if I choose to.

From "The Unfinished Angel" by Sharon Creech