escalated
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On Friday, the back and forth escalated yet again, when the Justice Department warned in a letter to L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
Concerns about AI safety have escalated in recent months after models developed by OpenAI and Anthropic were involved in security incidents during testing, piling pressure on governments to regulate the technology.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
Plus, Scott Bessent has a lot on his plate, and the U.S. escalated pressure on Russia over a Siberia lab death.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
According to Unicef, roughly 3.2 million children in Yemen were out of school even before the war escalated last month.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Unbelievably, things had escalated even more during the night.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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