escalating

Example Sentences

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But the risk of this war escalating and expanding has rarely felt greater - and the people we met in Galati feel very vulnerable.

From BBC • May 30, 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

The report found incident commanders weren’t aware of escalating danger in west Altadena until after 2 a.m.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

Organizers who have maintained a presence outside the facility since it opened say federal agents are the ones escalating.

From Slate • May 29, 2026

Then the bells of the Elderclock rang out, loud and panicked, high and demanding, an escalating tide of echoes, climbing one on top of another, booming over the White Island, the ice moat, the wall.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo