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Cybersecurity stocks have been hot this year as investors have reasoned that artificial intelligence will heighten the need for digital protection.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

And while one more leg down in bonds would present an “incredible buying opportunity,” McDonald said, surging energy prices are continuing to heighten the risk of recession.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

"Building material tariffs heighten market uncertainty, strain supply chains and increase construction costs," he says.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

On Tuesday, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said that economic warfare will only heighten tensions and could disrupt the global economy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Elizabeth listened with delight to the happy, though modest hopes which Jane entertained of Mr. Bingley’s regard, and said all in her power to heighten her confidence in it.

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen

Extreme language heightens fear and leaves people feeling powerless.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

“Lee” Xinyuan Li’s lighting heightens the sense of theatrical foreboding.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

This is focused on a dispute with Saudi Arabia but heightens insecurity for international shipping.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

Feeding wild birds heightens the risk of disease transmission at feeding locations.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026

In fact I have never seen so handsome a people, and their manly and highly picturesque costume heightens the favourable effect produced by their well-made, lithe, active figures.

From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird

Nawrocki later travelled to the tribunal, where disagreements with newly elected judges further heightened tensions.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

It also takes place amid heightened tensions with neighbouring Eritrea, with concerns over the possibility of renewed conflict between the two countries.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

Both years were exceptionally hot, partly because of natural influences such as El Niño and a period of heightened solar activity known as the solar maximum.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

Gov. Tiff Macklem said “there could be” more rate increases, although cautioned that officials must proceed cautiously due to heightened uncertainty.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

And my heightened brain shows me the door latch just before I need to turn it.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

Climate change has been heating up Southern California for some time, heightening fire danger and worsening droughts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

The company has bolstered the memory capacity on its devices to support these capabilities — simultaneously heightening its supply-chain cost pressures.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 7, 2026

The outbreak is still not under control and is taking place in a conflict zone with very mobile populations – heightening the need for a vaccine to help stop the spread of disease.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

PepsiCo PEP -4.00%decrease; red down pointing triangle Chief Executive Ramon Laguarta, though, sees new opportunities for one of America’s biggest beverage and snack companies, from portion control to heightening mental focus.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

Was he not heightening the horror of his own end by straining after a flickering hope?

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright