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It doesn’t want to see tensions with Moscow escalate, especially on Svalbard.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

These hostilities have the potential to escalate rapidly, including beyond the immediate area — and the safety and security of department personnel and their families remain the highest priority.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

In a national address from the Élysée Palace, he warned those who had taken part not to "escalate", adding: "We all feel anger and shame."

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

And the stakes escalate with each season’s finale, forcing Kate to test her limits.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 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

The situation escalates as the mariachi music begins playing and the couple approach a display of white roses and candles laid out on the grass.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 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

Will the U.S. military learn before the price escalates?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

A hum like a washing machine escalates in volume until I think my ears might burst.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

The kingdom offered financial support to cover government employees’ salaries in San’a during several years of relative quiet, but fighting resumed this summer and quickly escalated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

The situation has calmed in recent days, with only sporadic incidents in Tirana, but it escalated again on Saturday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

But it also describes what happened in the U.S. in the 1960s, when protests over racism, the Vietnam War, and the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. sometimes escalated into riots.

From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2026

Many high-school students concluded that AI would eventually be doing a lot of the coding previously associated with high-income jobs in the field, an unease that escalated as several tech companies announced job cuts.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

As the Cold War escalated, some scientists exposed Henrietta’s cells to massive doses of radiation to study how nuclear bombs destroyed cells and find ways to reverse that damage.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

Leaders of the world’s biggest artificial intelligence platforms said it’s time to slow the development pace of their most advanced — and most lucrative — models, citing escalating risks of the technology.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Around 550,000 people took part in last weekend's demonstrations against rising fuel prices and the cost of living, with frustrations escalating after weeks of student protests.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Seoul's military said Pyongyang was attempting to shift the blame for escalating military tensions, while confirming the use of loudspeakers and warning shots as "legitimate defensive measures".

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

The alliance is facing a dilemma over how to respond without escalating or looking weak.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Increasingly alarmed that the situation was escalating out of control, the chief phoned the mayor-elect, even though Grabarek would not assume office until Monday.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson