escalate

Example Sentences

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This could escalate if the protests get larger and more threatening.

From The Wall Street Journal

This time it was Elsie's failing health that kept him out of prison and he stayed quiet until her death in 2002 before the deceptions dangerously escalated.

From BBC

"We will act responsibly, without escalating the conflict or provoking disputes," Lai said in a Facebook post.

From Barron's

But he said Taipei would "act responsibly, without escalating the conflict or provoking disputes".

From Barron's

Immigration attorneys described an escalating trend of cases in which someone who won protection from deportation has remained indefinitely detained.

From Los Angeles Times