intensify
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“The concerns around overspending, the concerns around monetization, they won’t go away, the concerns around too-high capex/too much debt, issuance, that will not go away. If anything, that will probably intensify in 2027.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
But as an adult in the workforce, she saw the breakouts return and intensify.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
In the Pacific, El Nino's effect on the atmosphere leaves little vertical wind shear over the Pacific, creating favorable conditions for hurricanes to intensify.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
Eating more sugar while taking antibiotics may intensify the disruption those drugs cause to beneficial gut bacteria, according to new research.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
Someone’s elbow presses me to a wall, and I just stand and watch the pandemonium intensify.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
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As dry conditions develop elsewhere, fire activity intensifies in the central and eastern Amazon.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
Deforestation slowed worldwide last year, but the improvement is unlikely to last as the situation deteriorates in Central Africa and an exceptionally strong El Nino weather pattern intensifies, a new study said on Wednesday.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
But if the war intensifies before mid-November, those races will have to be cancelled.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
But Underwood’s cash-in inevitably intensifies the pressure on the 19-year-old Michigan native after a disappointing performance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
“Measuring tape and thermometer,” he told himself, “chalk for an outline; perhaps the cold intensifies at night? Everything is worse,” he said, looking at Eleanor, “if you think something is looking at you.”
From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
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The scrutiny on Carrick has only intensified after the chastening 4-1 defeat by Como at the Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
But some experts say the current megadrought, which has lasted more than two decades and is intensified by rising temperatures, is part of a long-term shift toward drier conditions in the Southwest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
The debate intensified after Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned in September, publicly warning about the dangers of unchecked AI development.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
As the investigation intensified, Taylor Farms representatives met privately with White House officials.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026
The rain intensified and gleamed on his horse’s flank.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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He expects to see U.S. strikes intensifying in the coming months, and then both the U.S. and Iran opting for negotiations due to a “lack of economic and political capabilities to support a longer war.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
The measures could serve as a positive catalyst for Europe’s auto sector, which investors have largely shunned amid intensifying competition and weak profitability, he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
It’s no doubt a concession to the intensifying public narrative that no one likes what Netflix has to offer these days.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
In commodity markets, Hayes opines, “high prices cure high prices,” meaning that the huge margins that were on offer for the chip makers will evaporate because of the intensifying competition for cheaper suppliers.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
The resulting hole evoked a giant grave and exuded the same musty chill, but this was not unwelcome for it provided workers with relief from the intensifying summer heat.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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