Sentence examples for escalated from a from inspiring English sources

Arguably the biggest story of 2013 was wildlife crime, which escalated from a conservation issue to an international security threat.

As the fight over the center escalated from a zoning dispute into a battle in the culture wars, it has splintered New Yorkers along political lines.

After all, the war itself quickly escalated from a minor border dispute into a ferocious and protracted fight that cost between 20,000 and 100,000 lives.

Instead, they seem stuck on the path they have obstinately pursued since the Syrian conflict first escalated from a popular uprising into a civil war.

Wright's affair with Mamah Cheney escalated from a local scandal into a national one, inciting a barrage of moral condemnation from gossipy store clerks in Spring Green as well as from headline writers at major newspapers.

"Hey, Salvatore," I said, "you want to come to our festa on Friday?" And with that, the annual outdoor dinner party that my friends and I have at Agriturismo La Montagnola, the olive oil estate in the Umbrian hills that we rent every July, escalated from a relaxed pastoral gathering into nerve-racking lunacy.

The number escalated from an average of 4.2 per year about a decade ago to 23 in 2012.

For some players, the problem has escalated from an eyesore to a safety concern.

Some students said they were arguing over a boy; others said it escalated from an exchange of words.

"Cyber has escalated from an issue of moderate concern to one of the most serious threats to our national security," he said.

A female relative was also able to flee about an hour after the shootings, Crump said, and told investigators the incident had escalated from an argument over a family business.