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A Belfast High Court judge temporarily blocked it on Saturday, warning that the long-running dispute could escalate across Northern Ireland and urging the parties to "step back from the abyss".

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

I don’t want to escalate too quickly and create pressure, but I also don’t want to miss opportunities by hesitating too long.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

The AU has specifically urged all neighbouring countries not to take actions that could further escalate the crisis.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

In the event that the U.N.’s International Court of Justice—which has issued an advisory opinion concerning the Chagos Archipelago—takes further action, the situation could escalate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Ironically, the good times in between were what allowed it to drag out and escalate as far as it did.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah

Over the following fortnight, the unrest escalates dramatically.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Attempts at diplomacy have floundered as fighting escalates on several fronts across Africa's third-largest country.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

Canada said it intends to impose tariffs of up to 50% on roughly 700 products as the acrimony between Ottawa and Washington escalates following the collapse of trade talks, the Journal’s Paul Vieira reports.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

PlayOn Sports will pay $810,000 in the first year that also escalates 3% each year of the contract.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

A hum like a washing machine escalates in volume until I think my ears might burst.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

But it also describes what happened in the U.S. in the 1960s, when protests over racism, the Vietnam War, and the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. sometimes escalated into riots.

From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2026

On Friday, the back and forth escalated yet again, when the Justice Department warned in a letter to L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

A number of incidents have been escalated for criminal investigation by the IDF.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Concerns about AI safety have escalated in recent months after models developed by OpenAI and Anthropic were involved in security incidents during testing, piling pressure on governments to regulate the technology.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

In June 2004, the tensions toward my people escalated quickly.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana

Since its premiere last week and subsequent successful box office, awards season buzz has been escalating around the film, Fielder and co-director Lance Oppenheim.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

Jin Yong-sung, chairman of South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff, accused Pyongyang of "baselessly shifting the blame for escalating military tensions onto our own military".

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

What is your company doing to manage escalating security risks?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

He attributed the market volatility to escalating geopolitical conflict in the Middle East.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

People who don’t climb mountains—the great majority of humankind, that is to say—tend to assume that the sport is a reckless, Dionysian pursuit of ever escalating thrills.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer