escalated
Example Sentences
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At a Dallas therapy practice, it divided in-laws and escalated into firings and lawsuits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
The U.S. had a contingency plan ready in response, which might have escalated into all-out war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
A new study from USC finds that emergency room visits from patients born outside of the U.S. fell by more than 20% in the first four weeks after arrests escalated in June 2025.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
The demonstrations began in Paris last week but have escalated to cities including Dijon, Lyon, Strasbourg, Lille and Marseille, with teenagers blockading their schools for days.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Mark’s bad feelings about it all have escalated exponentially upon the news.
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
