escalate
Example Sentences
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Immigration attorneys described an escalating trend of cases in which someone who won protection from deportation has remained indefinitely detained.
From Los Angeles Times
A row over the disappearance of a famous river surfing wave in Munich escalated on Sunday as authorities removed a beam inserted over Christmas to recreate the attraction.
From Barron's
“When behaviors escalate in an invisible space, we can’t prevent them or react as fast,” said Moore, who presides over a district of about 5,000 students.
The statements came a day after reported Saudi air strikes on separatist positions in Yemen's Hadramawt province -- and after Washington called for restraint in the rapidly escalating conflict.
From Barron's
The goal is to keep from escalating the disagreement.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
