escalating

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Kyiv’s escalating campaign is leading to restrictions on fuel sales in Russia, surging gasoline prices and regular images of black smoke clouds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 27, 2026

On Wednesday, at a summit held to assess the impact of the agreement, officials from DR Congo, Rwanda and the US "expressed serious concern over the escalating fighting", a joint statement said.

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2026

CEO Tim Cook said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal last week that increases would be “unavoidable” due to the escalating cost of components like memory due to the artificial-intelligence boom.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 25, 2026

It is escalating for all sorts of reasons.

From Salon • Jun. 15, 2026

On and on the messages went, each one escalating the last.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda