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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of intercede.

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Examples

  • The Shah went first to Egypt, then to Morocco, the Bahamas, and then to Mexico, where we interceded to find him a home and adequate medical care.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • The Shah went first to Egypt, then to Morocco, the Bahamas, and then to Mexico, where we interceded to find him a home and adequate medical care.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • The Shah went first to Egypt, then to Morocco, the Bahamas, and then to Mexico, where we interceded to find him a home and adequate medical care.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • I also interceded on the side of environmentalists in an epic battle to halt the dumping of taconite-ore waste into Lake Superior by mining companies of northern Minnesota.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • I also interceded on the side of environmentalists in an epic battle to halt the dumping of taconite-ore waste into Lake Superior by mining companies of northern Minnesota.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • I also interceded on the side of environmentalists in an epic battle to halt the dumping of taconite-ore waste into Lake Superior by mining companies of northern Minnesota.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • Katrina was a natural disaster for which government has traditionally interceded to help people obtain shelter, food, medicine, etc.

    Is oil spill 'Obama's Katrina'? 2010

  • At the second round of negotiations, on October 19, the sticking point was the central role assigned to France: a country that Iran with reason distrusts even more than it distrusts the U.S. Russia now interceded to subcontract for a swap of LEU in place of France.

    David Bromwich: Obama's Drift Toward War With Iran David Bromwich 2012

  • At the second round of negotiations, on October 19, the sticking point was the central role assigned to France: a country that Iran with reason distrusts even more than it distrusts the U.S. Russia now interceded to subcontract for a swap of LEU in place of France.

    David Bromwich: Obama's Drift Toward War With Iran David Bromwich 2012

  • Former HSBC Chairman Stephen Green has interceded with Russia over the case, Mr. Browder has said previously.

    HSBC Leaves Russia Retail Banking William Mauldin 2011

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