exacerbate

Example Sentences

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“If we’re right, all that’s going to do is exacerbate inflation further, cause further depreciation of the dollar and steepen the yield curve.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“That’s the nightmare scenario — that those things just happen more frequently and become more exacerbated when the agency is not firing on all cylinders,” Inge said.

From MarketWatch

The transformation of their way of life produces tensions among them, which are exacerbated by those between Little Springs and the larger world.

From The Wall Street Journal

A long-lasting demographic hit can exacerbate inflationary pressures over time and also reduce a country’s potential economic growth, Daco says.

From Barron's

Then the arrival of Storm Chandra on Tuesday exacerbated an already soggy situation prompting the Met Office to issue amber weather warnings, external.

From BBC