INTERVENED Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

intervened

verb

past tense of intervene

as in interfered

to act as a go-between for opposing sides intervened in the argument before any real harm was done

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Recent Examples of intervened When Brian’s group eventually set up in the fan parking lot in Utah, the soccer gods intervened. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 2 July 2026 Hezbollah, along with Iran, intervened on the side of Assad during Syria’s 14-year civil war, while al-Sharaa was the leader of an insurgent group seeking to overthrow him. — ABC News, 28 June 2026 The Catholic nun from Nigeria was released hours later after Democratic and Republican lawmakers intervened. — Arelis R. Hernández, Washington Post, 1 July 2026 To prevent precipitous yen depreciation, Tokyo has periodically intervened in markets and spent tens of billions of dollars to shore up the currency in April and May. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 6 July 2026 On June 23, 2025, after a lower court had ruled that eight men being deported to South Sudan should have due process, the Supreme Court intervened after a request from the administration to stop that order. — Ken B. Morales, ProPublica, 1 July 2026 City officials repeatedly rejected the hotel owner, Yan Po Zhu, over the hotel’s small size and location in Long Island City until Carone intervened, according to the indictment. — Chloe Atkins, NBC news, 2 July 2026 Madonna never set out to become a classic British lady of the manor, however, until fate intervened when she was introduced to Hugo Vickers, Cecil Beaton's suave biographer, through a mutual friend in 1998. — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 5 July 2026 The Lake Carriers Association in turn intervened in the ELPC lawsuit, opposing the environmental group's position. — Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 3 July 2026

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One area where the government interfered rather aggressively in the economy concerned the rates and tariffs the railroads charged.

— Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 1 July 2026
Also, the three interfered in the investigation of the matter.

— Dennis Valera, CBS News, 1 July 2026

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