widen

Example Sentences

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“Certainly room to widen further, but an inverted curve is one sign that the selloff is likely in the later innings,” Krinsky said in commentary shared with MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch

LBJ used the Tonkin Gulf resolution, which Congress overwhelmingly supported, to widen the war in Vietnam.

From The Wall Street Journal

The headline default rate is still low, but beneath the surface, in rising shadow defaults, surging withdrawal requests and compressed yields that no longer compensate for the risk, the cracks are widening.

From MarketWatch

The widening fighting will likely delay shippers from returning to Red Sea routes and most vessels will instead have to travel around the Cape of Good Hope.

From The Wall Street Journal

Feeling squeezed by the new global climate where Might is Right, or at least Might takes centre stage, the family of nations for European cooperation is widening.

From BBC