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This would escalate to "requests for money or valuables under false pretences - such as urgent medical needs, travel expenses or investment opportunities".

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

Iran, which lost many of its top leaders early in the war, may not want to escalate things too much either.

From Slate ● Jul. 9, 2026

Europeans are running studies on where they would store their data or process their payments should friction with the U.S. escalate, and how well their American-made weaponry would operate without Washington’s authorization.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

This may escalate if he feels threatened with eviction.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026

It's time to think bigger, to escalate the pamphlet campaign, to enlarge his circle so that more Germans learn the truth.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

As debate escalates over the implications of open-weight artificial intelligence in both Washington and Silicon Valley, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang made his position clear on Friday.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

Visibility is limited, fear escalates quickly and decisions are made in split seconds.

From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026

If you book a holiday, then the situation escalates before you buy travel insurance, then less cover may be available.

From BBC ● May 10, 2026

It all seems like harmless mischief until it escalates.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026

It becomes the subject of gossip and soon attracts the attention of the media, after which it escalates into a crisis of vast and humiliating proportions.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

It comes as tensions have escalated between Washington and Iran, bringing traffic almost to a halt in the Strait of Hormuz and raising the risks of oil supply shortages once again.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

As tensions escalated between him and a customer service agent, he took out his phone and began recording.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

Diagnosed cases of MMA have steadily escalated since 2007, when an Australian doctor first discovered the allergy was linked to tick bites.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

But the intensity has rapidly escalated over the past week, with nearly 2.8 million hectares burned since the start of the year, per the latest government figures.

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

The Confederate attempt to destroy supplies and arms to keep them out of the approaching Union army’s hands has escalated out of control.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly

Cooper also cited Drakeo’s 2021 song “IngleWeird,” interviews and music released by artists associated with the two camps as evidence of an escalating dispute.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

The main international oil contract Brent North Sea fell back under $100 Friday after surging past the key milestone the previous day on escalating Middle East strikes, helping US and European stock markets stabilise.

From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026

Tensions have been escalating between the US and Iran since the start of July.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

The small particles in wildfire smoke are an escalating threat to global health, increasing risks of other diseases like COVID.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026

He wanted to know if they supported this plan, which risked escalating tensions with the Soviet Union and China.

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