heightened
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For the owners to even contemplate repeating that experience, especially given the heightened competition in the modern world for sports fans’ attention and viewers’ eyeballs, can bespeak only insanity or stupidity, or probably both.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
The stakes are heightened because in countries like India, South Korea, China and Indonesia, family businesses are large employers that make internal family decisions a public matter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
But like it or not, he must learn to reckon with the heightened expectations and speculation that comes with simply being good at his current job.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
However, maintaining that heightened state of readiness may also increase the chance of immune "friendly fire," in which the body mistakenly attacks its own healthy tissues and triggers autoimmune disease.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
It came with illusions that befuddled the mind and heightened the senses.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
