escalating
Example Sentences
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The escalating threat is rippling through the economy, disrupting businesses and changing job requirements, making security guards and even postal workers part of the drone defenses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
Hallmark films have mastered the art of escalating low-stakes situations into high-stakes emotional emergency plotlines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
It was brought in to counter escalating hooliganism through the 1970s and into the 1980s.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
The escalating attacks on railways come after months of strikes on Black Sea shipping and alongside attacks on warehouses, agriculture, transport hubs and logistics centres around Kyiv and across the country.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
We both knew it was worth more than a Zimbabwean dollar, especially with inflation, which was escalating daily.
From "I Will Always Write Back" by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda
