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"On the new journey ahead, we must heighten our sense of vigilance against potential dangers," he said during Monday's event.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

Xi spoke for 40 minutes, folding Jiang’s legacy into his own, and closed with a warning rather than a tribute: “On the new journey ahead, we must heighten our sense of vigilance against potential dangers.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Bank of Canada Gov. Tiff Macklem warned that widening global imbalances and nonbank lenders heighten economic disruption risks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

Adam Wharton's man-of-the-match performance in the final will only serve to heighten the feeling the midfielder is destined to join an elite club.

From BBC ● May 28, 2026

Dead, his bones would have served to heighten Grisha power, no different from the shark teeth or bear claws that other Grisha wore.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

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

From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026

The risk of smashups heightens the excitement at more than a dozen docking events around the bay, which can pull in several thousand spectators.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

But out of all the co-creators and producers’ names listed in the drama’s credits, it’s Lindelof’s that heightens our expectations, owing to his outstanding success with his 2019 reinterpretation of “Watchmen.”

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

So, while the Dodgers crawled out of the hole with a season-high 17 hits, the steep cost heightens the pressure on the rest of the rotation the rest of the series.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026

It heightens smoke into flame, flame into light, and light into glory.’

From Mysteries of the Rosie Cross Or, the History of that Curious Sect of the Middle Ages, Known as the Rosicrucians; with Examples of their Pretensions and Claims as Set Forth in the Writings of Their Leaders and Disciples by Anonymous

"We accept she was terrified by the unexpected attendance" at her home, said Judge Pounder at Snaresbrook Crown Court, adding there was "heightened concern" as her children were also home.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

“Moreover, we think the forces supporting nominal growth remain powerful, including robust capital spending, improving productivity, and heightened geopolitical investment,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

The dollar strengthened amid heightened expectations for the Federal Reserve to lift rates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

Amid heightened economic anxiety and inflation, shoppers are increasingly looking for ways to save.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

Firsthand accounts of the fair were sparking heightened interest.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

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

While the exact cause of the glacial collapse is unclear, climate change is causing glaciers to melt worldwide, heightening the risk of such disasters.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 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

A super-strength El Niño appears to be taking shape in the Pacific Ocean, heightening concerns that Southern California could be in for an extreme rainy season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

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

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright