intensified

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A weekslong selloff in government bonds has intensified in recent days, threatening to drive up borrowing costs across the globe and knocking some momentum out of what had been a furious stock rally.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

"Domestic headwinds look to have intensified last month, especially when it comes to construction activity," Julian Evans-Pritchard of Capital Economics wrote following Monday's data publication.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

The explosive growth of electric vehicles has intensified the search for ways to make electric motors more energy efficient.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

A weekslong rout in global government bonds intensified Friday, sending the yield on the benchmark 10-year U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

As tensions intensified between the Spanish in Florida and the southern British colonies, both the Spanish and the British sought to win over the Cherokee Nation as an ally.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz