escalate
Example Sentences
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A weakening job market and escalating geopolitical tensions also forced crypto investors to rethink their riskier holdings.
This was before the situation in Minnesota escalated.
The Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles closed its doors Friday in solidarity, citing “recent events in Minneapolis and the escalating violence in cities across our country.”
From Los Angeles Times
While much national focus has been on Minneapolis, tensions have also escalated in Southern California this month as daily immigration operators continue across the region.
From Los Angeles Times
Since then, Mali's military leaders have overseen the exit of the UN peacekeeping mission and French forces, which had deployed to Mali in 2013 to help deal with an escalating jihadist insurgency.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
