escalation

Example Sentences

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“The government is focusing on growth through investment and strengthening defense capabilities, but must keep a close eye on the risks of rising debt and geopolitical escalation.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“Recent news indicates clearly that prospects for further trade-dispute escalation and/or all out trade war remains a meaningful risk,” Oppenheimer retail analyst Andrew Chasanoff wrote in note to clients.

From MarketWatch

Our intention was never confrontation but reform; never escalation but the orderly unification of the forces that defend Sudan.

From The Wall Street Journal

Here, a possible escalation of the conflict is not the main concern of Venezuelans, who glance at the news while checking their wallets to find enough cash to pay.

From BBC

James Cleverly, the British home secretary, told Parliament that the government was announcing the retaliatory measures “to make clear to Russia that we will not tolerate such apparent escalations.”

From New York Times