escalating

Example Sentences

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In recent years, politicians as well as election officials across the United States have reported escalating threats, intimidation and harassment.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

How a doctor who has treated—and had—Ebola thinks America should respond to the escalating crisis.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026

She said she was on the ground to prevent "tensions escalating" and the protests passed without serious incident and "that did not happen by accident".

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

The ongoing Ebola crisis is escalating quickly, already ranked the third largest outbreak in history — and experts say erosions of U.S. health policy have fueled the crisis.

From Salon • May 30, 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