escalating

Example Sentences

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If so, they could function as a widespread system of natural earthquake brakes that prevents some ruptures from escalating into even larger events.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

Now, after months of escalating controversies surrounding his leadership, Patel suddenly wants Americans to believe none of this is happening.

From Salon • May 16, 2026

Calbee blamed "supply instability for certain raw materials resulting from the escalating tensions in the Middle East".

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

The American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union, which represents U.S. companies that operate in Europe, said a return to escalating trans-Atlantic trade tensions would harm companies on both sides of the Atlantic.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

The intensity with which the family undertook the defense had a self- perpetuating and escalating force: Reggie denied texting, the family backed him up, and Reggie, never someone to let others down, dug in deeper.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel