thickened

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The differing conclusions of the two reports thickened the fog of uncertainty at the court, which has been operating without a chief prosecutor since Khan went on leave in May of last year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Since that incident, Gen Bewick says Akrotiri's air defences have been "thickened".

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

What’s different now is that artificial intelligence has thickened the plot.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

"This thickened, heated crust may have made the region mechanically weaker, so that the plate boundary preferentially shifted here," explains co-author PD Dr. Jörg Geldmacher, marine geologist at GEOMAR.

From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026

The clouds thickened to the point where the sky grew black, and we lighted oil lamps inside the mess tent.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston