as in intervened
to act as a go-between for opposing sides
asked an old friend of the family to intercede in the bitter dispute over the inheritance
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Recent Examples of interceded
His wife shed tears as supporters interceded in prayer.
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Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 15 Oct. 2025
Once again, however, the Supreme Court interceded.
—Dan Walters, Oc Register, 14 Oct. 2025
Once again, however, the Supreme Court interceded.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 11 Oct. 2025
The Vatican says the first miracle attributed to Acutis was when he is said to have interceded from heaven in 2013 to save the life of a Brazilian child who was suffering from a rare pancreatic disease.
—Lauren Costantino
september 6, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 15 Oct. 2025
Once again, however, the Supreme Court interceded.
—Dan Walters, Oc Register, 14 Oct. 2025
Once again, however, the Supreme Court interceded.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 11 Oct. 2025
The Vatican says the first miracle attributed to Acutis was when he is said to have interceded from heaven in 2013 to save the life of a Brazilian child who was suffering from a rare pancreatic disease.
—Lauren Costantino
september 6, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interceded
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The incident ended when one of her top aides, Juan José Ramírez Mendoza, intervened.—
Alessandra Freitas,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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Marlowe almost did not graduate because of unauthorized absences, and Queen Elizabeth’s advisers on the Privy Council intervened on his behalf.—
Isaac Butler,
The Atlantic,
3 Nov. 2025
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With too many possible paths through memory, competing features and priorities interfered, which meant no retrieval strategy gained control — none were selected — so the search couldn’t begin.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
23 Oct. 2025
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But a thing called the Civil War interfered.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Interceded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interceded. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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