Sentence examples for escalating strife from inspiring English sources

The same appears to be true of the Spanish miners' strike, which is only now appearing in the UK newspapers after more than two weeks of escalating strife.

As Mr. Obama and his aides walked a fine line on how to confront the evidence about chemical weapons, they engaged in an intensified round of diplomacy with Arab leaders to bolster support for the Syrian opposition and to try to develop a consensus on how to deal with the escalating strife.

In this moment of escalating global strife, the idea of mass chastity as a political weapon seems beyond ridiculous.

The proximity of Peshawar to the tribal areas where the Taliban and Al Qaeda have regrouped in the past two years makes the city a feasible prize for the militants in Pakistan's quickly escalating internal strife that pits the Islamic extremists against the American-backed government of President Pervez Musharraf.

An international campaign lobbied for his release, which was granted in 1990 amid escalating civil strife.

In the 1950s, race relations in America generated escalating tension and strife.

Aside from the social implications in a nation with a wrenching history of racial strife, Trump's escalating attacks on the judge have unsettled top Republicans who are fretting over the party's fate in November.

How, for instance, will Cuban and Leonsis tackle restrictive salary caps, free agency, escalating payrolls, interposing sports agents and labor strife?

They also embarked on their second tour of the United States, which was marred by cancelled shows, escalating drug and alcohol addictions, and internal strife.

The referendum, only the second to take place in more than 40 years, comes amid escalating signs of social division and fears of civil strife.

That bar was part of the Chinese Exclusion Act, which was passed in 1882 after years of escalating anti-Chinese violence in the West spurred by recessions, labor strife and a culture of white supremacy.