escalate

I don’t want to escalate too quickly and create pressure, but I also don’t want to miss opportunities by hesitating too long.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

But according to Messenger of the Jenesse Center, “when no action is taken, the violations inevitably escalate and become more and more serious.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

"I wish we consultants had been brave enough to follow our suspicions and escalate things to the police earlier," he told the BBC.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

“One option for them is to cave in. The other is to escalate in a much bigger way, to try to fight their way out of the corner,” said Nasr, the professor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

The terrible sounds he’d heard escalate for the last hour took on a high-pitched, mechanical squeal, like a robotic death yell.

From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner

Even if the war in the Middle East escalates, strong expectations for earnings per share in the third-quarter financial reporting season, beginning in mid-October, should support stocks, as well as corporate credit.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

Over the following fortnight, the unrest escalates dramatically.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Attempts at diplomacy have floundered as fighting escalates on several fronts across Africa's third-largest country.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

Meta settles teen safety suit, the U.S.-Canada trade war escalates, and Scott Bessent messes around in the markets again.

From Slate ● Aug. 29, 2026

But sometimes she escalates before I even know if the situation calls for escalation.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

The decline in consumer confidence was dragged down by rising energy prices as tensions escalated in the Middle East.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

As the conflict between the U.S. and Iran escalated this year, global energy routes shifted to serve rising demand in Asia for liquefied natural gas from U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Warnings from researchers in recent weeks about potential risks posed by the technology escalated the debate about AI safety, with some industry executives calling for a slowdown in developing models.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

The attacks escalated this summer, with 16 trees — 13 Jeffrey pines and three white firs — poisoned on three occasions between May and early August.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

As a result, space was no longer an issue, but other dangers escalated.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson

Hallmark films have mastered the art of escalating low-stakes situations into high-stakes emotional emergency plotlines.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

But in 1995, chairman Bill Archer sold Brighton's Goldstone Ground, their home since 1902, because of escalating debts that there was no obvious way of paying.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

Oil futures fell Friday but posted weekly gains on escalating conflict in the Middle East.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Cybersecurity stocks were the top performers in the S&P 500 on Monday, showcasing how the technology trade has become starkly divided in the face of escalating warnings about artificial intelligence.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

On and on the messages went, each one escalating the last.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda