escalating

Example Sentences

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The writers have paralleled Homelander’s “slow descent into madness” with Butcher’s escalating anti-Supe crusade.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

In recent years, politicians as well as election officials across the United States have reported escalating threats, intimidation and harassment.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

How a doctor who has treated—and had—Ebola thinks America should respond to the escalating crisis.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026

—Asian equity markets largely retreated as escalating geopolitical and trade tensions damped investors’ risk appetite.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

By communicating effectively with inmates, Speros began, we could keep problems from escalating, build relationships with in-mates, manage them better.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover