Sentence examples for escalated threats from inspiring English sources

Live televised debates, which also included a former finance minister, Ashraf Ghani, and a former minister of planning, Ramazan Bashardost, were heard and watched by millions, engaging Afghans in the election process even as the Taliban escalated threats and attacks.

Talk of war over Iran's nuclear program has reached a strident pitch in recent weeks, as Israel has escalated threats of a possible strike, the oratory of American politicians has become more bellicose and Iran has responded for the most part defiantly.

McCain's recent remarks about stonewalling all of a president's Supreme Court picks have escalated threats of obstructing judicial nominees to a destructive new level.

Vázquez had also received escalating threats and constant unwanted police attention.

The nationalisation comes amid escalating threats against operators drilling for oil off the disputed Falkland Islands.

The Prime Minister pointed to the escalating threats from the regime in Pyongyang as evidence of the need for the United Kingdom to retain the Trident nuclear deterrent.

(My colleagues Amy Davidson and John Cassidy have examined Trump's escalating threats to force U.S. citizens who are Muslim to register in a special antiterror database).

The video, which was broadcast nationally on CNN, appeared to show nine extremists glaring into the camera and making a series of escalating threats.

By leading a multinational force to quell the Houthi rebellion Saudi Arabia is making a show of decisiveness against those escalating threats.

But people might also think that the deterrent effect has not worked, or that there are escalating threats to civil aviation.

In response to the escalating threats of disruption and violence from the hackers who call themselves "Guardians of Peace", Sony has surrendered and pulled the film.