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Recent Examples of escalate That, coupled with his work consumption, escalated into an untenable situation for Brinkley. Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 25 July 2025 At least 12 people have died as violent clashes escalate along the Thailand-Cambodia border. Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 24 July 2025 After a fight reportedly escalated between him and another person, he was shot. Samara Gerstle, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2025 From the game’s opening moves, the conflict escalated rapidly. Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for escalate
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  • Decades of research and studies in agriculture have increased production across all crops in the U.S., said James, and cannabis can adopt those same technologies.
    Julie Weed, Forbes.com, 26 July 2025
  • The top reason students opt not to pursue higher education is cost, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board states, though having a degree can drastically increase earnings.
    Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 25 July 2025
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  • As for Nowak’s question about the possibility of AWS’ growth rate accelerating in the back half of the year, Jassy wouldn’t directly answer it but stressed his optimism, in part stemming from AWS customers starting to deploy more AI products at scale that should continue to ramp in coming quarters.
    Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2025
  • With complete control of its destiny, the WSL has accelerated its growth, becoming one of the premier women’s leagues in the world, alongside the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) in the U.S. and Spain’s Liga F.
    Vitas Carosella, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
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  • Sales rose 7% in the second quarter compared with Q2 2024 and 12% in 2025’s first half.
    Jackie Charniga, Freep.com, 23 July 2025
  • So a heatwave there in early 2024 that scientists say was made 4 degrees Celsius hotter by climate change saw global cocoa prices rise by a massive 280% in April that year.
    Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 22 July 2025
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  • Plans to redevelop and expand Whitefish Bay's Sendik's Food Market would put a new two-story store on a prominent Silver Spring Drive corner just east of the grocer's existing location, which would be demolished and turned into a parking lot.
    Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 26 July 2025
  • The 8000 was born after the engineers at GE Aerospace reconfigured the Passport’s software and McCullough’s team expanded the fuel capacity in the wings.
    Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 26 July 2025
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  • This leads to swelling and a build-up of fluids in the area, which can cause cloudy vision and other changes.
    Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 30 July 2025
  • The body also produces less albumin - a protein that helps maintain fluid balance - leading to swelling in the legs and abdomen.
    Michal Ruprecht, NPR, 29 July 2025
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  • The Royals must win games and remain in the playoff mix in order to keep their current roster together — and perhaps even augment it.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2025
  • This is among the greatest strengths of AI—augmenting human capabilities.
    Hank Boughner, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
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  • But in these recent times, Ford's leaders have intensified their examination of its Chinese rivals viewing them as the top competition to learn from — and beat.
    Jamie L. LaReau, Freep.com, 1 Aug. 2025
  • But as the region shifted back to a dry pattern, fire behavior intensified.
    Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 1 Aug. 2025
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  • Trump has argued that lower interest rates would boost growth and reduce borrowing costs.
    Nik Popli, Time, 24 July 2025
  • The intelligence chief cited emails from Obama officials and a five-year-old classified House report in hopes of undermining the intelligence community’s conclusion that Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted to boost Trump and denigrate Clinton.
    Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 24 July 2025

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“Escalate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/escalate. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.

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