escalating

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Announcing its decision to appoint administrators earlier in the year, the company said reduced demand, "escalating" employment costs and "soaring" energy costs had "squeezed the business financially".

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

A previous truce was meant to have taken hold in Lebanon on April 17 but has never been observed, with the violence only escalating since.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

The ongoing Ebola crisis is escalating quickly, already ranked the third largest outbreak in history — and experts say erosions of U.S. health policy have fueled the crisis.

From Salon • May 30, 2026

Organizers who have maintained a presence outside the facility since it opened say federal agents are the ones escalating.

From Slate • May 29, 2026

But the tension at the Kinloch table was escalating.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti