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Recent Examples of escalation
If accurate even only in part, such a dramatic escalation would cast doubt on the reliability of the election results and put the military at the center of the blame for the outcome.
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Peter D. Feaver, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2025
The ambition marks a sharp escalation from June's 12-day war, when Iran launched roughly 500 missiles in retaliation for Israeli strikes on its critical infrastructure, military bases and nuclear facilities.
—Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
The families are seeking damages and major product changes, including mandatory alerts to emergency contacts, automatic conversation termination when self-harm is discussed, and more robust escalation to human help.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2025
Russia has warned that providing the missiles would mark a major escalation of the war, while Zelensky has argued that not receiving them is limiting Russian President Vladimir Putin’s interest in diplomacy.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 4 Nov. 2025
The recent escalation in player salaries has changed the landscape along with the NHL’s skyrocketing salary cap, especially for young players with enormous potential.
—Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Some experts believe that this decision would be a major escalation and could disrupt the nuclear balance of power.
—NPR, 31 Oct. 2025
Peter D. Feaver, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2025
The ambition marks a sharp escalation from June's 12-day war, when Iran launched roughly 500 missiles in retaliation for Israeli strikes on its critical infrastructure, military bases and nuclear facilities.
—Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
The families are seeking damages and major product changes, including mandatory alerts to emergency contacts, automatic conversation termination when self-harm is discussed, and more robust escalation to human help.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2025
Russia has warned that providing the missiles would mark a major escalation of the war, while Zelensky has argued that not receiving them is limiting Russian President Vladimir Putin’s interest in diplomacy.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 4 Nov. 2025
The recent escalation in player salaries has changed the landscape along with the NHL’s skyrocketing salary cap, especially for young players with enormous potential.
—Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Some experts believe that this decision would be a major escalation and could disrupt the nuclear balance of power.
—NPR, 31 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for escalation
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The expansion of the role of pharmacies has meant that paying cash for generic drugs and services can also be cheaper at times.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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However, the major result emerging from this research is the implication that the universe is not expanding at an accelerating rate, but has already transitioned into a state of decelerating expansion.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Tax rises would likely act as another damper on inflation by reducing consumer demand.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
6 Nov. 2025
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Broadly, health insurance costs are increasing due to many factors, like inflation, increasing labor costs following the COVID-19 pandemic, and the growing demand for GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy for diabetes treatment and weight loss.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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He is praised by some for policies that fueled rapid economic growth and relative political stability.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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Buffett and Munger have long said that given its size, Berkshire can no longer achieve the explosive growth of its earlier years.—
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CNBC,
11 Nov. 2025
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One way to assess possible malignancy is irregularity of a growth, speed of growth, localized lymph node metastasis as evidenced by enlargement of the nodes, and more but there is no substitute for an FNA or removal and biopsy.—
Dr. John De Jong,
Boston Herald,
26 Oct. 2025
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For some men, chest enlargement is simply fat.—
Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt,
CNN Money,
26 Oct. 2025
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And the bureaucratic strangle that leads to this inflation continues its creep.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
4 Nov. 2025
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What most of us get instead is the slow creep of burnout.—
Rochelle Ratkaj,
Rolling Stone,
4 Nov. 2025
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Some research groups have tried linking several short crystals in sequence so each crystal handles part of the amplification.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Nov. 2025
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The new study used sequencing and amplification technology only recently made available to look at the genes of single cells in hundreds of neurons in the prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain used for decision-making and other thinking skills.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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Botulism Symptoms Symptoms of botulism include general weakness, dizziness, double vision, speech or swallowing difficulties, muscle weakness, abdominal distension and constipation.—
Matt Cannon,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
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Symptoms, which often develop slowly, can include abdominal distension and pain, nausea, loss of appetite and constipation.—
Toria Sheffield,
People.com,
25 May 2025
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Activists there leveraged this wholly unanticipated outcome to accelerate the rise of an organized antislavery campaign after 1783.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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But, amid the rise of the penny press in the 1830s, publishers sought to bring news to the masses.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Escalation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/escalation. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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