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Magnifying every moment of tension and terror is the immersive sound design by Peter Albrechtsen and distressed orchestral score by Stephen McKeon, both of whom weave unsettling vocals into the aural tapestry of the film.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2023

Magnifying those disparities are two crosscutting factors: the long-term health complications from Covid-19, and a lagging return for workers without college degrees.

From New York Times • Sep. 12, 2022

Magnifying that misery was a record-busting Western heat wave, when temperatures soared well above 100 degrees in late June and early July, including a record 113 degrees June 30 in Wenatchee, Wash.

From Scientific American • Oct. 25, 2021

Magnifying the supply bottlenecks is a rise in viral cases at transportation ports in Asia that have caused some manufacturing plants to shut down.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 29, 2021

Magnifying glasses were known to the ancient Greeks, and spectacles were in use from the thirteenth century.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton