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
Demonstrations began in the capital Paris nearly two weeks ago and have now escalated and spread to other parts of the country.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
The rumors about Seabiscuit’s bad-leggedness continued to circulate, and the stewards’ anxiety escalated.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
