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Temperatures are forecast to rise, and wind later this week could heighten conditions for fire to spread more easily, according to the National Weather Service in Spokane.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Anthropic urged Congress to penalise the companies behind the alleged attacks and heighten measures to prevent US technology from being stolen.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

Bank of Canada Gov. Tiff Macklem warned that widening global imbalances and nonbank lenders heighten economic disruption risks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 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

That the absence of children, all children, would heighten the adults’ remorse.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

"People are realising constant swiping isn't actually leading to real-world dates, which only heightens dating fatigue," said Ryan.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

Tehran’s evolving strategy will likely make it harder to reach a durable agreement to end the conflict, and heightens the risk of more-frequent rounds of escalation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 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

So, while the Dodgers crawled out of the hole with a season-high 17 hits, the steep cost heightens the pressure on the rest of the rotation the rest of the series.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026

As he widens the ditch of his earthwork, he necessarily heightens its bank, which his simple tools, the spade and the pipe, soon raise to six or seven feet.

From Riding Recollections, 5th ed. by G. J. (George John) Whyte-Melville

The characters feel strange, maybe heightened, but they’re people you could meet in real life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

“Should the parent/affiliate company experience financial stress, negative impacts to the insurer are heightened due to the higher exposure,” it said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

The exercise -- enlisting 18,000 South Korean troops and counterparts from US forces in the country -- will have a heightened focus on drone warfare, GPS disruption and the role of cyber attacks, he said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026

The report cited growing military cooperation between the three countries as a heightened security risk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

My pessimism was heightened by watching my daughter and her friends go through this insanely intense process.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

Great for heightening drama, terrible for addressing the country's immediate difficulties.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 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

PepsiCo PEP -4.00%decrease; red down pointing triangle Chief Executive Ramon Laguarta, though, sees new opportunities for one of America’s biggest beverage and snack companies, from portion control to heightening mental focus.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

A super-strength El Niño appears to be taking shape in the Pacific Ocean, heightening concerns that Southern California could be in for an extreme rainy season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

He could feel a heightening of interest in the room.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier