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Days later, his party ratcheted up the pressure, denouncing Kiir's government as a "dictatorship" and demanding "regime change".

The conflict between Laura and Cherry aggressively ratchets up over the course of six episodes.

Marines to L.A. in June after a clash erupted in the heavily Latino city of Paramount as immigration agents ratcheted up his deportation agenda.

That comes as climate change ratchets up the frequency and intensity of heat waves.

There have been about a half-dozen raids at the site since federal authorities ratcheted up operations in Southern California in early June.