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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

In a broader sense, the past 11 days have served to heighten the growing excitement around the team's direction of travel.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 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

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

But written words heighten the feeling of privacy.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

Extreme language heightens fear and leaves people feeling powerless.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026

But out of all the co-creators and producers’ names listed in the drama’s credits, it’s Lindelof’s that heightens our expectations, owing to his outstanding success with his 2019 reinterpretation of “Watchmen.”

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 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

I have allowed myself a certain amount of pictorial licence, which may well surprise the general spectator at first glance, but which to me heightens the poetical impression of the whole.

From The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II by Mrs. Russell Barrington

Nawrocki later travelled to the tribunal, where disagreements with newly elected judges further heightened tensions.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

Oil prices rose Friday after an attack on a tanker transiting the Strait of Hormuz and renewed Houthi claims of strikes on Saudi energy infrastructure heightened concerns over Middle East oil supplies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

One particularly important finding involved MYC, a gene that showed heightened activity in some of the most aggressive cancer cell populations.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

The pressure on him has been heightened by controversial comments from senior players Lisandro Martinez and Bruno Fernandes attacking the club's recruitment and his tactics.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

And his new, heightened feelings permeated a greater realm than simply his sleep.

From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry

“Many jurisdictions do not have the protocols in place to manage the development, release, and deployment of advanced frontier AI models, heightening risks for the financial sector and beyond,” he wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 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

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