escalating

Example Sentences

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Earlier this year, the Scottish government warned that Scotland was facing a serious and escalating threat from wildfires.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

If so, they could function as a widespread system of natural earthquake brakes that prevents some ruptures from escalating into even larger events.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

Now, after months of escalating controversies surrounding his leadership, Patel suddenly wants Americans to believe none of this is happening.

From Salon • May 16, 2026

The cryptocurrency’s sustained rise above the key $80,000 level encourages buyers despite escalating tensions in the Middle East.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

“On the day the electorate, as expected in polls, was voting in unprecedented numbers against bombing North Vietnam or otherwise escalating the war, we were working to set such a policy in motion,” Ellsberg recalled.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin