The word "intervene" in literature has been employed in a remarkably flexible and varied manner. In some texts it denotes the insertion of an external force or authority into a process—whether that be the expected involvement of family or medical professionals in social affairs, as seen in Rousseau's writing [1], or the direct political and military actions described in Carlyle’s historical narratives [2, 3, 4]. In other works, the term conveys a sense of interruption or the existence of a gap between entities or events: Lucretius portrays lands intervening as vast and varied [5], while Thoreau discusses the intervening space that defines solitude [6]. Poets like Robert Burns and James Allen use it metaphorically to signal moments when natural beauty or celestial forces interpose [7, 8]. Meanwhile, in even more technical discourses, as in Jefferson’s discussion of molecular actions [9], "intervene" outlines processes where one force or event is interposed between others. This rich diversity—from literal, physical insertions to abstract, metaphorical disruptions—demonstrates how the term has served as a versatile tool for expressing both agency and separation across genres and epochs.