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exacerbate

[ig-zas-er-bayt, ek-sas-] / ɪgˈzæs ərˌbeɪt, ɛkˈsæs- /


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Revisiting English-only programming in Head Start may ultimately exacerbate those same problems, Garcia Bedolla said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

LaTanya Walker considered ordering abortion pills for her niece, she said, but she ultimately did not because she worried about whether they could exacerbate medical conditions.

From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2026

Bumblebee Conservation Trust raised concerns that 2026 may exacerbate a declining trend in bumblebee populations as flowers wither and bees fail to forage effectively.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026

Friday's consumer price index data will "either exacerbate or temper" market concerns about a Fed interest rate hike, O'Hare said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

Zeitoun knew not to exacerbate the situation, and assumed that when they were interviewed by a superior, everything would be explained.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

This in turn exacerbates dangers such as flooding.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

"That does nothing to resolve conflict; science shows it only exacerbates the conflict."

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

Tech companies are borrowing money to fund the development of advanced A.I. systems, for instance, which exacerbates the bond sell-off because investors think A.I.-powered economic growth will keep interest rates higher for longer.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

Increased reliance on asset appreciation rather than cash income exacerbates this pressure as money for consumption and investment expenditures requires increased borrowing.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

Greg thinks he helps on busy nights, but really, he only exacerbates the problem.

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King

The cost of college has been fueling these concerns for years and the recent challenges that young college graduates are facing finding entry-level jobs in the AI era have only exacerbated them.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

McKinley stages a few bullet-sweating sequences of peril, including a particularly brutal transport of gold bars across a crumbling rope bridge and an underwater accident exacerbated by floating logs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

Flash flooding in Arizona recently swept through the Grand Canyon, killing at least two people, a weather event that was exacerbated by wildfire scarring, drought and warming temperatures in the Pacific Ocean.

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026

She says the state of the building only exacerbated her health issues.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

It seems to have spread as a kind of infectious disease exacerbated by the strains of ambition, affluence, family disintegration, and loneliness.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden

That will weigh on household purchasing power "at a time when consumption is weakening and rising interest rates are exacerbating France's fiscal difficulties" they said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

The squeeze is depriving Tehran of its main source of foreign currency, exacerbating the economic crisis as the value of the Iranian rial plunges and inflation runs at more than 80% year-over-year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

"The strong El Niño is making the dry season drier over the fire-prone parts of the country and exacerbating burning -- just as we anticipated it would," he said.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026

Many of the ongoing fires have been burning across Sumatra and Indonesian Borneo since mid-July – underpinned by a so-called Super El Niño that is exacerbating drought conditions.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

One of the fluorescent lights had started flickering halfway through class, exacerbating the pain, and Moss was eager to dart over to his locker and get his medication.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro




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