intensify

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In a risk scenario where growth concerns intensify and financial conditions tighten further, higher-quality and longer-duration bonds should be better placed to perform.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Kang said the BOK is likely to adopt a wait-and-see stance in April as it assesses whether Middle East-driven energy shocks ease or intensify.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

“If the current de-escalation proves temporary and we see hostilities intensify again, the market would likely begin pricing in that path.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026

Harper will likely focus on the economy, which is facing an inflationary shock as fuel prices rise and supply concerns intensify in regional towns and remote areas of Australia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Only after the first Polynesian settlers had exterminated moas and decimated seal populations on New Zealand, and exterminated or decimated seabirds and land birds on other Polynesian islands, did they intensify their food production.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond