- present participle of escalate.
escalating
Example Sentences
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The Saudis’ escalating fight with the Iran-backed Houthi militants poses new challenges to the country’s security and plans to transform its oil-dependent economy, according to the Wall Street Journal.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
Naung Yoe, meanwhile, told the BBC that "these practices are escalating due to increasing difficulties in meeting monthly recruitment quotas and the lucrative financial profits made from recruit trading at the ground level".
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Around this time, the report found that “virtually all other fire resources were still east of Lake Avenue and spread out over several miles,” with far from enough resources to respond to the escalating emergency.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Energy costs were 21% higher than September last year—up from 17% in August—after fuel prices rose this month on escalating tensions in the Middle East.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Her father was certain that taking action in the schools and the education system was the best way of changing the escalating pattern of violence in the country.
From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau
