aggravate

"Minurso's departure does not create the original conflict, because the conflict is already there, but it could aggravate an already fragile security environment," he says.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Researchers suspect this could contribute to a self-reinforcing cycle in which Alzheimer's pathology disturbs sleep, and inadequate sleep may further aggravate the disease.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

Holiday lets "can generate important economic and social benefits, especially for households struggling to make ends meet" but "they may also aggravate housing demand pressures in some constrained local housing markets," the EU draft read.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

If inhaled at high levels, fumes can aggravate a person’s lungs, causing coughing, wheezing and chest tightness.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2026

Although aggravate is widely used to mean “vex” or “annoy,” sticklers find this irritating. ago/since.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

NOx is a smog-forming pollutant that aggravates respiratory illnesses, especially asthma, forms acid rain and contributes to nutrient pollution in coastal waters.

From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026

The document asks all the right questions and reaches all the wrong conclusions—the way a doctor might correctly identify symptoms and then prescribe a remedy that aggravates the disease.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

Turning our heads toward the future aggravates the whiplash induced by rapid change.

From Salon ● May 30, 2026

"The worst time for me is when we're driving in the autumn and the sun is low and the sun is flickering through the trees...it really aggravates," says Dr Munro.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2025

It wouldn't hurt if he weren't right—if I hadn't known somewhere that my weakness aggravates him.

From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan

He suffered a knee injury during training camp, aggravated it during an embarrassing season-opening defeat by the San Francisco 49ers in Australia and then had knee surgery that kept him sidelined for seven games.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

Changing cultural mores and a gradually shrinking dating pool may have aggravated the problem.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

On 19 October 2026, a grand jury in Nebraska indicted Mogambi on five counts of theft of government money and five counts of aggravated identity theft.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Plummeting share prices for the Korean memory chip makers were aggravated by a drop in chip stocks in the U.S.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

This shift in weight only aggravated the larger problem, and the shimmy grew stronger.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

Imran Khan KC, defending, argued the trial judge had counted overlapping aggravating factors more than once.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

He left the game in the middle of his next at-bat, aggravating the injury on a swing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

Kazakhstan's cloud-seeding trials raised alarm in neighbouring Kyrgyzstan where fears were flagged of "cloud theft" -- alleging that rain clouds could be diverted to Kazakhstan, aggravating its own drought.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

This breach of the order imposed on his work was an "aggravating" feature, the tribunal ruled, to already "significant" errors in surgery and post-op care, the hearing was told.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

Equally aggravating was the fact that there still was no Eiffel challenger.

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