ratchet
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“To ratchet up the pressure,” his lawsuit says, the firm “froze his tokens,” meaning they could not be transferred to anyone.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026
Keith Silvester, technical manager at ALLMI, the trade association for the lorry loader industry, said "the incident would not have occurred" had Miller "secured the log grapple in a central position using a ratchet strap".
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
Other naval options, such as a selective blockage of Iranian imports, would ratchet up pressure on Iran to reopen the strait but probably wouldn’t yield quick results.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
But a third factor is entangled in this equation: access to food and water, both of which become more difficult to acquire as wars spread and global temperatures ratchet upward.
From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026
A venerable tradition, dating back to the ancient Greek orators, teaches that if you don’t know what you’re talking about, just ratchet up the level of difficulty and no one will ever know.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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