interceded

past tense of intercede

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of interceded His wife shed tears as supporters interceded in prayer. 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
Verb
  • Several of the series’ stars reportedly intervened, including leads Chase Stokes and Madelyn Cline.
    Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The children said Kurek knew about the abuse and never intervened.
    Adrienne Davis, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • 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 28 Oct. 2025.

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