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"On the new journey ahead, we must heighten our sense of vigilance against potential dangers," he said during Monday's event.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

Xi spoke for 40 minutes, folding Jiang’s legacy into his own, and closed with a warning rather than a tribute: “On the new journey ahead, we must heighten our sense of vigilance against potential dangers.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Psychologically, mirrors heighten self-awareness, and thus prompt people to behave better overall, more in line with ideals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

"Even without a new product launch today, Huawei's intent is clear — and its trajectory will likely heighten US concerns."

From Barron's ● May 25, 2026

Finally, to top it all off and heighten its dramatic appeal, the petition arrived under the signature of Benjamin Franklin, whose patriotic credentials and international reputation were beyond dispute.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

"Every incident that happens is getting in the media and on social media and that heightens awareness of everything that's going on and feeds into people not feeling safe in their homes," he added.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

The latest threat heightens the risk the neighboring countries could descend into all-out economic conflict and casts further doubt over the future of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Feeding wild birds heightens the risk of disease transmission at feeding locations.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026

But when the pressure heightens and matters boil over between the quartet, Wilde carefully examines the resulting eruption instead of recoiling.

From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026

Occasionally also, or in the case of opera throughout, dramatic poetry heightens the emotional effect of its words with music.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various

Amid heightened economic anxiety and inflation, shoppers are increasingly looking for ways to save.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

Fears are heightened over rogue AI after OpenAI technology operating outside human supervision hacked into Hugging Face, a repository of AI models.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

Americans’ sense that 9/11 was transformative has heightened steadily over the past two decades, and it is reasonable to think that the long wars in Afghanistan and Iraq had much to do with this.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

“The investor mindset shifted, and now sentiment shifts,” said Nationwide’s Hackett, pointing to heightened backlash against the data-center build-out from politicians ahead of the midterm elections, as well as from average voters.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

It came with illusions that befuddled the mind and heightened the senses.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

The company has bolstered the memory capacity on its devices to support these capabilities — simultaneously heightening its supply-chain cost pressures.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 7, 2026

The Treasury selloff could also turn into bad news for car buyers, heightening the risk of higher interest rates for auto loans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

The outbreak is still not under control and is taking place in a conflict zone with very mobile populations – heightening the need for a vaccine to help stop the spread of disease.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

But the Middle East conflict has strained shipping routes through the Strait of Hormuz, a key route for supplies, heightening unease among farmers ahead of the July-October sowing period.

From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026

He could feel a heightening of interest in the room.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier