escalating

Example Sentences

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How a doctor who has treated—and had—Ebola thinks America should respond to the escalating crisis.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026

The mayor said Friday that she planned to seize the 10-acre parcel of land housing the fuel depot through eminent-domain proceedings, escalating a conflict that has drawn in some of Miami’s most powerful economic players.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

A previous truce was meant to have taken hold in Lebanon on April 17 but has never been observed, with the violence only escalating since.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

But the risk of this war escalating and expanding has rarely felt greater - and the people we met in Galati feel very vulnerable.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

Austria’s threats of war had set off an escalating chain reaction.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman