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Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff warned in a recent faculty town hall meeting that pushing social events into private houses beyond the school’s purview—“into the shadows”—could exacerbate problems.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

The warming phase of a natural climate cycle, El Niño raises sea temperatures in the tropical Pacific, triggering changes in weather that can increase the risk of drought and flooding, and exacerbate man-made global warming.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

“If this hurricane ends up causing refinery flooding, it would exacerbate an already tight market for refined products, further pushing up prices at the pump,” Molchanov told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 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

Regulation must limit the extent to which profit seeking exacerbates this suffering.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

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

I’m frightened, but I’m not sure what I’m afraid of, which just exacerbates the fear.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins

Some newfangled trades may have exacerbated the moves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Once gold broke that support technical, that exacerbated its decline, he said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

Domestic demand woes have also exacerbated the problem, as manufacturers increasingly look overseas for new growth.

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026

She said she would not have trusted a chaperone enough to confide in them, a problem exacerbated by the pandemic, and that "young people are even less likely to trust authority".

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

But Woolf must have burned with the frustration of the nose loss in 1938, and the guilt for having possibly exacerbated the horse’s injury in 1939.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

The series of radical reforms, including scaling back jury trials, were presented as the best way of turning around record backlogs which, in turn, were exacerbating the prison population crisis.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

A potential U.S. diesel export ban is exacerbating supply crunch worries in Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 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

The abnormally high overnight temperatures have been exacerbating the risk of heat stress and heat-related illness, said Sam Zuber, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in San Diego.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

If he jumped off now, Seabiscuit, obedient to equine instinct to flee pain, would probably tear over the track, exacerbating his injury.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand