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In 2022, Powell shocked investors with a blunt Jackson Hole speech that warned of potential job losses and economic pain as the central bank looked to intensify its battle against inflation.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

“In response, we will intensify our voter outreach and educational initiatives to ensure individuals are fully informed and aware of any adjustments to the voting process.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

India's top court has ordered tough new steps to protect wild elephant herds as habitat loss and human-elephant conflict intensify, a move welcomed by campaigners on Friday.

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

They will be notably above average for mid-August and the humidity is likely to intensify on Wednesday night into Thursday.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

I speak under the threat of mob-rule and have no desire to intensify the already existing hate.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright

But on a biological level, the loss of control that comes with bringing a baby into the world only intensifies later in life.

From Slate ● Aug. 29, 2026

Even smaller economies such as Thailand are reporting bumper exports as the fever intensifies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Fifa president Gianni Infantino will meet with senior leaders of football's world governing body on Wednesday as criticism of his now scrapped plan to sell off Fifa's commercial and event operations intensifies.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

It added that "as competition for audiences intensifies, scale matters more than ever in order to compete with global streaming giants and YouTube in the UK".

From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026

The light from the Obayifo’s stare intensifies for a moment.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

US calls for lawmakers to pass the drone bill had intensified in recent weeks.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

The announcement intensified an overnight decline in Treasury yields, which have reached multiyear highs in the past few days.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

And in the last quarter-century, relentless drought intensified by climate change has sapped the river’s flow and left its reservoirs severely depleted.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

Pressure on Farage intensified after the Sunday Times reported he had not declared benefits, including staff and security, supplied with help from his long-term ally George Cottrell.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

As the presidential election year of 1956 dawned, international pressure on the White House intensified.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

They will become more challenging as the climate warms, scientists say, adding heat to a planet where some extreme-weather events are already intensifying.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

In the last few years, multiple studies have shown that global warming is intensifying drought and worsening water scarcity in California and the western United States.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Smoke particles scattered even more of the remaining blue wavelengths, intensifying the golden tones in the visible light surrounding the eclipsed Sun.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026

Taipei's announcement comes as governments around the world boost defence spending in the face of intensifying conflicts, and growing concern about US commitment to the Asia-Pacific region.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

The serious, systematic study of medicine was intensifying, and to scientists the human body was like the polar icecap, something to be studied and explored.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson