escalation
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Perhaps most importantly, “Rubber Soul” marked an escalation in the musical arms race between the Beatles and Brian Wilson that would culminate in “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Prior to enforcement escalation in June, the three emergency rooms saw a cumulative weekly average of 1,943 U.S.-born patients and 2,367 foreign-born patients, with the majority hailing from Mexico and Central or South America.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
Eritrea's "priority is to keep war away from its own territory", it added, before cautioning the country's actions increase the risk of regional escalation.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
However, the bank sees the bigger upside risk to oil prices coming from a renewed escalation targeting Middle East production and export infrastructure, rather than from stronger Chinese imports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Not even Congress was aware that the president was considering another major escalation.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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