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Cybersecurity stocks have been hot this year as investors have reasoned that artificial intelligence will heighten the need for digital protection.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

And while one more leg down in bonds would present an “incredible buying opportunity,” McDonald said, surging energy prices are continuing to heighten the risk of recession.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

"Building material tariffs heighten market uncertainty, strain supply chains and increase construction costs," he says.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

On Tuesday, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said that economic warfare will only heighten tensions and could disrupt the global economy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Elizabeth listened with delight to the happy, though modest hopes which Jane entertained of Mr. Bingley’s regard, and said all in her power to heighten her confidence in it.

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen

Sanchez's defeat in Congress on Friday heightens speculation that he might call an early general election, which was not due until next summer.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

“Lee” Xinyuan Li’s lighting heightens the sense of theatrical foreboding.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 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

Despair destroys morale, as soldiers know, and, paralysing action, heightens sensation.

From The Soul of Susan Yellam by Horace Annesley Vachell

Duale said the government would maintain heightened surveillance at border crossings, airports, health facilities and communities throughout the countdown.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

But some analysts see a very real possibility that Huang will have to exit as a result of the investigation and heightened attention.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026

Spanish control over Mississippi navigation posed a critical problem for the U.S., which was heightened by the French Revolutionary Wars of the 1790s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

"Correction" is not the word investors want to hear, but the stampede out of AI and technology stocks this week has heightened doubts about the sustainability of the four-year bull run for markets.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

One of the early studies that spurred a rather heightened curiosity of the benefits of music was dubbed the “Mozart Effect.”

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

In its report, external, the committee said decision-making had been characterised by "inconsistency" and was heightening national security risks.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

Climate change has been heating up Southern California for some time, heightening fire danger and worsening droughts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

The gap between U.S. and Japan interest rates had been contributing to the yen’s recent weakness, heightening its appeal for the so-called carry trade, in which traders use low-yielding currencies to invest in higher-yielding assets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

And I’m sure the threat of being sued by your current employer is just heightening any anxiety you already have around the job-hunting process.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026

Was he not heightening the horror of his own end by straining after a flickering hope?

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright