escalate
Example Sentences
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“Frictions between the U.S. and Venezuela could continue to escalate,” the market analyst says.
The US Coast Guard is in "active pursuit" of another vessel in international waters near Venezuela, an official has told the BBC's US partner CBS News, as tensions in the region continue to escalate.
From BBC
In its still-battered condition, Islamic State isn’t likely to escalate its attacks against the U.S. to avenge the strikes.
Under state law, such weapons are not considered deadly, and a person carrying them is considered unarmed; but department officials argued that they are “visually indistinguishable from real firearms in rapidly escalating situations.”
From Los Angeles Times
Now, with her energy dwindling and her pain levels escalating, the 60-something Claire is trying to figure out the way forward.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
