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Anthropic urged Congress to penalise the companies behind the alleged attacks and heighten measures to prevent US technology from being stolen.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

"Even without a new product launch today, Huawei's intent is clear — and its trajectory will likely heighten US concerns."

From Barron's ● May 25, 2026

"Geopolitical conflicts significantly heighten the risks faced by those at sea," he added.

From BBC ● May 23, 2026

The light on Mag is framed like a melodramatic diva’s spotlight, and the close-ups of Delano’s electric purple lip gloss and severe makeup heighten the sequence’s sense of surrealism.

From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2026

That the absence of children, all children, would heighten the adults’ remorse.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

Experts say cases of invasive meningococcal disease tend to peak in October to November each year, which further heightens the risk for new university students.

From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026

As scrutiny heightens, attention grows and expectations increase, Green said he’ll follow a big lesson already learned.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026

As he moves through Davidson’s life, Jones gradually heightens Davidson’s visible exhaustion, trying to manage a condition that no one in his orbit understands.

From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026

“Greater interconnectedness owing to such circular financing structures heightens concerns of systemic spillovers should an adverse shock affect even a single entity,” they note.

From Barron's ● Apr. 14, 2026

Occasionally also, or in the case of opera throughout, dramatic poetry heightens the emotional effect of its words with music.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various

"The snakes' heightened sense of smell may allow them to recognize one another as something more like siblings -- especially given the high levels of inbreeding -- than as prey," Gray says.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026

“As I said three months ago, the show must go on,” Trump told the roughly 700 guests gathered under heightened security at Washington’s Waldorf Astoria, where the annual dinner was rescheduled after the April shooting.

From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026

At the same time, the company cautioned that volatile macroeconomic conditions, geopolitical conflicts and global trade tensions pose heightened risks to freight demand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

US President Donald Trump will return to the White House Correspondents' Dinner amid heightened security on Friday, three months after an alleged assassination attempt forced his chaotic evacuation from the event.

From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026

The undertone of fear that San Francisco would be bombed which was abetted by weekly air raid warnings, and civil defense drills in school, heightened my sense of belonging.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou

The outbreak is still not under control and is taking place in a conflict zone with very mobile populations – heightening the need for a vaccine to help stop the spread of disease.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

But the Middle East conflict has strained shipping routes through the Strait of Hormuz, a key route for supplies, heightening unease among farmers ahead of the July-October sowing period.

From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026

If the race for nuclear weapons widens and accelerates, the region will become more unstable, heightening risks for the entire world.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

“For me, I’m heightening contradictions,” Riley says of his film’s handmade aesthetic.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026

Charity moves toward the fire, the hysteria heightening.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman