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A dry winter will make the current drought worse and heighten government concerns.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

"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

Reinvigorating free markets requires a broad effort to heighten economic competition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

Changes in the type of investor buying government bonds may heighten price volatility, the ECB said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026

The opposite was true: they seemed to talk only to heighten their anticipation of the next bite, and when the next bite came, their faces took on a look of utter absorption.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

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

From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026

Coverage of the 1986 World Series doesn’t mention Boston’s 68-year stretch without a title, which heightens the devastation of their Game 6 loss to the New York Mets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

"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

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 the clever man heightens the Plimsoll mark, adds a million or so to shipowners’ capital by dipping his pen in the ink, and gives Jack more jam.

From The Sea and the Jungle by H. M. (Henry Major) Tomlinson

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

Safety concerns around technology have also heightened as companies double down on advancing artificial intelligence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

The renewed attacks shattered a month of relative calm in the conflict, sent oil prices sharply higher and heightened the risk of drawing regional states deeper into the conflict.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 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

About my perception: everything is sharp and clear, each sensation heightened and illuminated so that reds and yellows and blues glow.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes

The contracts—known as perps—let traders bet around the clock and pile on leverage that amplifies their potential gains and losses, with the lack of expiration date further heightening the risks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

While the exact cause of the glacial collapse is unclear, climate change is causing glaciers to melt worldwide, heightening the risk of such disasters.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 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

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

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

He could feel a heightening of interest in the room.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier