intensified
Example Sentences
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This time authorities have intensified their efforts over several months, installing nearly 2,000 surveillance cameras to catch offenders.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
Everyone wanted to sell their wares quickly and get home before the heat intensified.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
The 65-year-old is single with no children, and bound up in that choice over who should make financial decisions on her behalf are other big questions that are often intensified when aging alone.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
According to May’s purchasing managers’ index, private-sector activity in the eurozone sank to a two-and-a-half year low on weaker demand and employment, as cost pressures intensified.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
He tried to ignore it—the cookies were calling him—but then the sobbing intensified.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
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