intensified

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Residents, volunteers and officials report that, as last winter set in, snowfall made the danger points harder to see amid intensified mining.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

A yachting incident intensified the rivalry between Turner and Murdoch in 1983 when a Murdoch-sponsored yacht collided with Turner's in the Sydney-Hobart race, sinking Turner's schooner.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

In China, the drumbeat of nationalistic sentiment has intensified with time.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

At the same time, the need to move away from fossil fuels has intensified the search for cleaner energy alternatives.

From Science Daily • May 4, 2026

The four years she had spent doing monotonous calculations on gust alleviation had only intensified the desire to drain every drop of knowledge she could from the engineers she worked with.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly