intensify

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In a risk scenario where growth concerns intensify and financial conditions tighten further, higher-quality and longer-duration bonds should be better placed to perform.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Residents have been ordered to stay indoors as security personnel intensify patrols and maintain a visible presence across the affected areas.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

“It will just intensify because this new technology is a threat to the established players in the industry.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

“Markets are seizing with both hands any notion that this war will not intensify further and drag out longer and land the global economy in a ditch,” analysts at Piper Sandler said in a note.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 25, 2026

They used harmony as an additional layer of subtlety and effect, even by using discords to intensify the meaning of texts conveying suffering, loss or anguish.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall