escalate
Example Sentences
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“When hotels are used to house ICE or Border Patrol personnel, workers may be exposed to situations involving heavy armed federal presence, protests, and law-enforcement responses that can escalate rapidly,” the letter reads.
From Los Angeles Times
The escalating rhetoric set off alarm bells across the Middle East, with oil-exporting Gulf countries saying that Iranian reprisals could further endanger the world economy.
Such action would significantly escalate the conflict, which has already disrupted global energy supplies, pushing up prices and causing fuel shortages.
From BBC
Gold prices posted their largest weekly percentage drop in more than 14 years Friday, bucking the metal’s usual safe-haven appeal even as the conflict in Iran continues to escalate.
At the same time, the rhetoric is escalating on both sides.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
