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“Seeking ways to craft narratives without audible dialogue,” reads the show’s introductory wall text, “filmmakers used costume to convey character, drive plot, and heighten emotion.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

European stock indexes dropped sharply at the open as inflation concerns on the continent heighten.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 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

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

“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

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

In fact I have never seen so handsome a people, and their manly and highly picturesque costume heightens the favourable effect produced by their well-made, lithe, active figures.

From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird

Earlier this month, the BBC was given rare access inside a Jewish school in Hertfordshire, where pupils and staff operate under tight security, amid heightened concerns about antisemitism.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

The WHO generally opposes travel bans, arguing that Ebola’s spread is better contained through increased funding and heightened vigilance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

So we asked analysts what they’re saying to advise clients during this period of heightened anxiety but limited fundamental changes.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

That friction leads to some tense and funny and hugely uncomfortable moments, heightened by the pore-probing close-ups the film employs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

For the act of criticizing heightened his sense of importance, made him feel larger.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 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

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

Cutie said nothing, nor did any other robot, but Donovan became aware of a sudden heightening of tension.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov