ratchet

Example Sentences

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The feeling is that Powell doesn’t want to further ratchet up tensions with the White House.

From MarketWatch

As geopolitical tensions ratchet ever higher, it may be instructive to look at just how exposed U.S. markets are to foreign investors.

From MarketWatch

Few countries retaliated and when China, the outlier, did, it ultimately led to a ratcheting down of tensions.

From Barron's

Shmygal earlier on Friday ordered state companies to ratchet up their own electricity imports from abroad to help ease the load on consumers.

From Barron's

The outcry from the killing of Renee Nicole Good by ICE officer Jonathan Ross, along with the subsequent protests and deteriorating situation in Minneapolis have ratcheted up the temperature between the American public and ICE.

From Salon