exacerbate

Example Sentences

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“The flooding threat will be exacerbated ... Friday due to the super saturation of all of the area. Any rainfall that occurs will immediately turn to runoff,” the weather service office in Oxnard said.

From Los Angeles Times

That split among categories of consumers is exacerbating, according to the Federal Reserve’s latest compilation of economic anecdotes from around the country, known as the beige book.

From The Wall Street Journal

Not only that, many refrigerants produce highly potent greenhouse gases, which threaten to exacerbate climate change.

From BBC

That wouldn’t prevent “carbon leakage”—the relocation of industrial activity to avoid regulation—but exacerbate it.

From The Wall Street Journal

Cronin said earlier in the week that Booker sprained his ankle in practice, an injury the big man appeared to exacerbate against Arizona State on Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times