escalate
Example Sentences
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The goal is to keep from escalating the disagreement.
Metrick may not directly respond to all customer complaints, she added, but the company addresses all issues that are escalated to management.
The protest ended in two arrests after the demonstration escalated.
From Los Angeles Times
It was the latest salvo in an escalating standoff that started in September with a massive naval deployment for what Washington called an anti-narcotics operation.
From Barron's
Brewer, a paralegal and acquaintance of Buzzard, said in a statement that he visited Buzzard at her home to offer assistance in the search for the missing girl, and that the situation quickly escalated.
From Los Angeles Times
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