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Cybersecurity stocks have been hot this year as investors have reasoned that artificial intelligence will heighten the need for digital protection.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

In a broader sense, the past 11 days have served to heighten the growing excitement around the team's direction of travel.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

And while one more leg down in bonds would present an “incredible buying opportunity,” McDonald said, surging energy prices are continuing to heighten the risk of recession.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

Xi spoke for 40 minutes, folding Jiang’s legacy into his own, and closed with a warning rather than a tribute: “On the new journey ahead, we must heighten our sense of vigilance against potential dangers.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Hunger can heighten perception, but not when combined with extreme fatigue; I suppose all my senses were very much deadened.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

Noussair Mazraoui is the back-up left-back, which only heightens the debate over the wisdom not to buy one before the transfer window closed.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

“Lee” Xinyuan Li’s lighting heightens the sense of theatrical foreboding.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Feeding wild birds heightens the risk of disease transmission at feeding locations.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026

Tehran’s evolving strategy will likely make it harder to reach a durable agreement to end the conflict, and heightens the risk of more-frequent rounds of escalation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

The verbal parallel of the passage with that in Clement, Strom. vii, 35, heightens the contrast of tone.

From The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire by T. R. (Terrot Reaveley) Glover

Zephirin Group analyst Lenny Zephirin shared a similar view, telling MarketWatch that weakness in Chinese tech stocks on Friday reflected heightened concerns over China’s access to U.S. chip technology.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026

OTTAWA—Canadian manufacturing activity stalled in September despite a tailwind from higher energy prices, signaling a weak end to the quarter as the industry struggles with trade tensions and heightened uncertainty.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

But some analysts see a very real possibility that Huang will have to exit as a result of the investigation and heightened attention.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026

"Correction" is not the word investors want to hear, but the stampede out of AI and technology stocks this week has heightened doubts about the sustainability of the four-year bull run for markets.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

Sculpture takes on a heightened physical presence which demands that we look at it.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson

Climate change has been heating up Southern California for some time, heightening fire danger and worsening droughts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

The gap between U.S. and Japan interest rates had been contributing to the yen’s recent weakness, heightening its appeal for the so-called carry trade, in which traders use low-yielding currencies to invest in higher-yielding assets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

The company has bolstered the memory capacity on its devices to support these capabilities — simultaneously heightening its supply-chain cost pressures.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 7, 2026

Great for heightening drama, terrible for addressing the country's immediate difficulties.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

Charity moves toward the fire, the hysteria heightening.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman