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These hostilities have the potential to escalate rapidly, including beyond the immediate area — and the safety and security of department personnel and their families remain the highest priority.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

In a national address from the Élysée Palace, he warned those who had taken part not to "escalate", adding: "We all feel anger and shame."

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

And the stakes escalate with each season’s finale, forcing Kate to test her limits.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Group texts and chat apps have turned private grumbling into something instantly shareable, causing more disputes to escalate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

It's time to think bigger, to escalate the pamphlet campaign, to enlarge his circle so that more Germans learn the truth.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

The situation escalates as the mariachi music begins playing and the couple approach a display of white roses and candles laid out on the grass.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

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

This escalates to two days’ worth of rent after 90 days.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 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

The situation has calmed in recent days, with only sporadic incidents in Tirana, but it escalated again on Saturday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

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

A promotion for the show “How to With John Wilson,” which he executive produced, escalated into a sketch about Fielder mentoring a group of influencers in a “TikTok Hype House,” even controlling what they eat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

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

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Mark’s bad feelings about it all have escalated exponentially upon the news.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner

Around 550,000 people took part in last weekend's demonstrations against rising fuel prices and the cost of living, with frustrations escalating after weeks of student protests.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Seoul's military said Pyongyang was attempting to shift the blame for escalating military tensions, while confirming the use of loudspeakers and warning shots as "legitimate defensive measures".

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

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

Gulf oil is flowing despite escalating violence around the strait.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

On and on the messages went, each one escalating the last.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda