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If a customer leaves negative feedback or asks to escalate to a human, there is no charge.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026

Plans to escalate the campaign have been shelved in part because of those shrinking supplies, The New York Times reported, citing two people briefed on the matter.

From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026

And unless the Americans are willing to dramatically escalate their military operations in the region, there was little they could do to stop them.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

Iran, which lost many of its top leaders early in the war, may not want to escalate things too much either.

From Slate ● Jul. 9, 2026

“And you were trying to hurt their feelings. That’s the problem with stuff like this—everyone keeps trying to top one another, and then things escalate out of control.”

From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio

Responding to the figures, the MOJ said "public protection is our priority" and the statistics "show that we do not hesitate to recall offenders to prison when the risk escalates."

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

Visibility is limited, fear escalates quickly and decisions are made in split seconds.

From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026

WSJ: As an ACC school, Louisville certainly doesn’t have equivalent resources, as the table stakes for being competitive escalates, to Big Ten or SEC schools, whose conferences are billion-dollar businesses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

Read more: U.S. inflation rate escalates to three-year high.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026

But sometimes she escalates before I even know if the situation calls for escalation.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

"That has at least been a part of the calculus of why Mexican cartels have escalated their operations in Africa. That to say though, it is only part of the story," said Griego.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

It comes as tensions have escalated between Washington and Iran, bringing traffic almost to a halt in the Strait of Hormuz and raising the risks of oil supply shortages once again.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

As tensions escalated between him and a customer service agent, he took out his phone and began recording.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

But the intensity has rapidly escalated over the past week, with nearly 2.8 million hectares burned since the start of the year, per the latest government figures.

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

The pace of events escalated during the final months of the campaign.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

Doing so is crucial to holding together Paramount’s coalition of financiers and controlling its rising expenses, primarily legal fees and escalating obligations to Warner shareholders.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

Former Home Secretary Yvette Cooper banned the group on advice from the police and security officials after an escalating spate of break-ins targeting Elbit, an Israeli-owned defence firm.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

Concerns about the escalating cost of the tech sector’s AI investments have also weighed on shares.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

Cooper also cited Drakeo’s 2021 song “IngleWeird,” interviews and music released by artists associated with the two camps as evidence of an escalating dispute.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

LeAlan: What do you think needs to be done to communities like The Wells to keep youth crimes from escalating?

From "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago" by LeAlan Jones