escalate

Example Sentences

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“I think this escalated in a way that neither side wanted,” said Emanuela-Chiara Gillard, an expert on humanitarian law at the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict.

From The Wall Street Journal

It was his escalating debts that led him to selling the wealth of secrets that he had access to.

From BBC

But the dispute escalated and an indefinite all-out strike began on 11 March, with picketers delaying crews from leaving waste depots to collect rubbish, before a High Court injunction was granted.

From BBC

This migration-dependent strategy offers a new perspective on viral dissemination and may help explain how certain infections escalate so rapidly.

From Science Daily

Market participants have tended to shrug off geopolitical turmoil, such as disruptions in the Middle East in the past few years that included escalating tensions between Israel and Iran.

From MarketWatch