Sentence examples for a escalation from inspiring English sources

The "lock out" is the first of its kind by universities in recent strikes, and lecturers say it represents a escalation in their dispute with employers.

The attack on an international organisation marks a escalation in Boko Haram's activities which have until now targeted local police, churches and bars.

The majority of incidents logged by researchers — 354 — were categorized as a "escalation of a dispute".

Batman had, by the end, become a figure seen as in some ways at fault for (a) escalation, (b) not turning himself in, and (c) failing to save Dent and Rachel.

This raises the question, When is a surge an escalation?

"This is new, and it's an escalation — a ratcheting up of tensions.

In the current situation we simply cannot afford an escalation, a war with Israel..

"This is certainly an escalation, albeit a small one in terms of numbers, but an escalation in terms of what Britain is doing there," he said.

"It's an escalation of a deplorable practice".

Their search warrant, federal officials said, represented an escalation over a voluntary search conducted months earlier.

It follows an escalation in a bombing campaign that has shaken the country.