intensify
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“In response, we will intensify our voter outreach and educational initiatives to ensure individuals are fully informed and aware of any adjustments to the voting process.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
India's top court has ordered tough new steps to protect wild elephant herds as habitat loss and human-elephant conflict intensify, a move welcomed by campaigners on Friday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
They will be notably above average for mid-August and the humidity is likely to intensify on Wednesday night into Thursday.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
She expects price competition to intensify while higher energy costs further weigh on profitability later this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
I collapsed to my knees, desperately willing the dizziness to intensify, the transferal to come...
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
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The funds raised by Yangtze Memory Technologies, or YMTC, should boost its production and mark another step in China’s efforts to reduce its reliance on foreign chip technology as the global artificial intelligence competition intensifies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
The fact that no one made it, that it’s the creation of a machine that hallucinates in exchange for electricity, only intensifies the sick, empty feeling the track leaves behind.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
Fifa president Gianni Infantino will meet with senior leaders of football's world governing body on Wednesday as criticism of his now scrapped plan to sell off Fifa's commercial and event operations intensifies.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
The numbers: The U.S. economy improved in July and businesses ramped up hiring, but the gains could prove short-lived if the conflict with Iran intensifies, oil prices climb even higher and inflation worsens.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
“The poison intensifies over time. What good will you be to the Immortal if you are dead?”
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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Disruptions to global energy supply have intensified concerns among governments about fuel security, prompting many to roll back environmental regulations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Tromp was photographing a Namaqua chameleon in the Namib Desert when the wind suddenly intensified, bringing a sandstorm that quickly reduced visibility and made breathing difficult.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Trump delayed their implementation by three days last week as Washington and Ottawa intensified talks towards a deal.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
And in the last quarter-century, relentless drought intensified by climate change has sapped the river’s flow and left its reservoirs severely depleted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
It intensified his drive, made him want to prove himself, but, he says, it also freed him to approach problems in his own way.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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In the last few years, multiple studies have shown that global warming is intensifying drought and worsening water scarcity in California and the western United States.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Smoke particles scattered even more of the remaining blue wavelengths, intensifying the golden tones in the visible light surrounding the eclipsed Sun.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
Officials said some tourists were staying away because of the intensifying heatwaves in the Italian capital.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
"This is a clear example of how climate change is intensifying heat extremes, with heat and drought increasingly reinforcing one another," she added.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Meanwhile the pandemonium outside was intensifying with each minute; the raid, it seemed, was gathering momentum.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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