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Escalates in sentence

24 examples of Escalates in a sentence

It quickly escalates.
This competition often results in localized fighting, for instance in one village or territory, and quite frequently, it escalates into generalized fighting, so across a whole province, and even at times into neighboring countries.
The three businessmen take revenge, which escalates to a murder after another.
At the same time her friend at work is unknowingly to her having sexual relations with her brother, and it just escalates from there.
In the film the war in Vietnam escalates to the point where China has become involved.
This escalates into a strange sequence of white and black neighbours vandalising their each other's homes.
When Snafu starts a rumour about a bombing, it escalates into an eventual rumour that America has lost the war.
Accents change as drama escalates.
Unless the North Korea standoff escalates critically, he will likely initiate anti-dumping actions against Chinese industries – notably in steel – deemed to be selling their goods below cost; and he will probably launch a broad assault on intellectual-property violations in China.
Given these dynamics, if the dispute over the THAAD system escalates into a full-fledged trade war, both China and South Korea will suffer.
As China escalates its campaign of attrition against a resolute Japan, it increases the risk of armed conflict, whether by accident or miscalculation.
Unfortunately, even as the battle escalates over the course of this year, the terms of the choice ensure that nothing will be done to address the global trade regime’s deeper flaws.
Trump’s Psychopathology Is Getting WorseNEW YORK – Seemingly every day now, US President Donald Trump escalates his policy and personal attacks against other countries and their heads of state, the poor and the weak, and migrant families.
So, too, does a diplomatic or military conflict between the US and Iran that results in an oil-supply shock; or a trade war between the US and China that escalates into a larger geopolitical conflict.
TEL AVIV – Before the current fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza escalates further, a ceasefire must be negotiated.
Even if US pressure escalates significantly, China will likely adopt a “two steps forward, one step back” strategy to keep progressing toward its ambitious goals.
Suu Kyi has been hung out to dry while Myanmar’s generals – who misruled the country for decades – have been allowed to step back as the conflict escalates.
If Trump escalates this confrontation, the costs for Americans – in terms of economic uncertainty and slower growth – are likely to pile up.
As Spain’s internal conflict escalates, a return to crisis in Europe may seem all but inevitable.
Another potentially destabilizing factor is the cost of saving the euro, which could skyrocket if the crisis escalates further.
So, in a symbolic move that escalates America’s ongoing trade war with China, the US Treasury made the official designation.
As the United States escalates its conflict with China, it inevitably will pay less attention to Europe and the surrounding neighborhood (the ex-Soviet Union, the Middle East, and North Africa).
If the US escalates its trade and technology war with China, confrontation will become more likely among RCEP members, as exemplified by the current tensions between China and Australia.
As the COVID-19 crisis escalates in Africa, the economic, social, and, eventually, political fallout will be significant.