'escalate problems' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe when existing difficulties or disagreements become more intense. For example: "The failure to reach an agreement has caused a number of issues to escalate problems between the two countries."
"This violation is a concrete indication of Russia's acts aiming to escalate problems, despite the clear warning by our country and by Nato," Turkey's foreign ministry said.
We make a call to someone in company PR, they come and help us, and we rarely go through the hoops normal consumers face when they have a bum PC or printer (incidentally, I'm happy to escalate problems with products to the proper folks for CG readers. I've done it before on WWR for people who had broken watches and we're happy to do it here at CG as well).
It can easily be viewed as retaliation or be poorly received, which could escalate problems.[17] Even if you phrase it as politely as possible, the other party is likely to take it poorly, especially if she is suffering from low self-esteem or other personal pain.
"He should be trying to de-escalate problems, not escalate them.
The same proactive philosophy could ease the escalating problems of school violence.
A police statement said it was to discuss "escalating problems of the criminal world".
He said escalating problems in Pennsylvania were indications that New York was wise to learn from the mistakes of others.
Letters are welcome via e-mail to [email protected] stewSIR – Your special report on the sea ("Troubled waters", January 3rd) outlined the escalating problems caused by overfishing.
Sue wasn't the first patient that he'd seen for whom the Internet was causing substantial, escalating problems; that number had been rising slowly over the last few years, and his colleagues were reporting the same uptick.
The report also found fault with the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, or Midwest I.S.O., the regional monitoring center in Indiana responsible for power flows across the upper Midwest, which was slow to grasp FirstEnergy's escalating problems and take remedial action.
Theresa May has told the head of the NHS that it will get no extra money despite rapidly escalating problems that led to warnings this week that hospitals are close to breaking point.
