escalating

Example Sentences

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But despite those delays, the conversation continued for an extended period before ultimately breaking down amid escalating accusations, personal attacks and disputes over basic facts.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026

—Asian equity markets largely retreated as escalating geopolitical and trade tensions damped investors’ risk appetite.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 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

“On the day the electorate, as expected in polls, was voting in unprecedented numbers against bombing North Vietnam or otherwise escalating the war, we were working to set such a policy in motion,” Ellsberg recalled.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin