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intercede

[in-ter-seed] / ˌɪn tərˈsid /


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That is setting up a debate over when military forces should use AI, when humans should intercede and who should decide where to draw the lines.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

This is now the third time in a matter of weeks this Court has had to intercede in a case squarely controlled by one of its precedents.

From Slate Jan. 3, 2026

Mr Bennett described the situation as unbearable and called directly on Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Foreign Secretary David Lammy to intercede on their behalf.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2025

Levenson said it’s unlikely Hochman could intercede, however, if Ryan grants the resentencing petition before Gascón leaves office.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 26, 2024

I wondered to which of them I might go to intercede for me with Dr. Bledsoe, but within myself I knew that there was no one.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

The new mission of the Slatest is to explain the biggest story of the day, but sometimes the story of the year intercedes.

From Slate Jun. 16, 2026

"Where this work intercedes is thinking about how to inject something beforehand that would help boost or enhance the amount of signal that is available to collect in the same small sample."

From Science Daily Jan. 18, 2024

"The longer that talks go on, the greater the chance that the conflict intercedes," said Henry Rome, Iran analyst at consultancy Eurasia.

From Reuters Mar. 1, 2022

Fortunately, the magical wizard Gandalf intercedes and rescues Théoden from his virtual captivity.

From Washington Post Aug. 24, 2021

But when he said, “We will now pray to the spirit in our own words, for the spirit intercedes for us in accordance with His will,” the silence was broken.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

When a Dallas Morning News political writer asked Paxton why he voted in Collin County, the attorney general shook his head as a campaign aide interceded.

From Salon Jul. 28, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times May 20, 2026

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

In her case, the government official interceded, and she survived.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

Dodie Osteen said interceding for those in need is a fulfilling ministry.

From Washington Times Oct. 19, 2023

The cornerstone of the college’s mental health initiative is interceding and introducing students to services early as well as approaching students directly instead of hoping they reach out themselves.

From Seattle Times Jun. 29, 2022

One recruiting pipeline has consistently filled some of our hardest and most important jobs during the interceding generations: new military members mostly come from military families.

From Salon Nov. 11, 2021

Leading a quartet, Mr. DeFrancesco stretches out wide beneath the singer’s blustering swagger, often interceding with riffs and jabs of his own.

From New York Times Apr. 24, 2018

The chief claimed to serve the people by interceding for them with the gods and reciting the ritual formulas required to obtain rain, good harvests, and success in fishing.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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