"Instead, this engineer is accused of misrepresenting the facts and exacerbating an already tragic event".
Worries are growing that the war is exacerbating an already grim humanitarian situation.
Bellamy recently complained the poor St James Parkk playing surface was exacerbating an old knee injury.
Their presence drew the ire of many protesters, who accused them of exacerbating an already tense standoff.
If indeed, he is going to go ahead and further complicate the election, the mayor would be exacerbating an already confused and nerve-wracked population.
Bush and Co politicised once-insulated customs and institutions (war and the justice department, for example), exacerbating an already-deep partisan divide and eroding the government's credibility.
Smoke, after all, can travel any way the wind takes it, exacerbating an array of health problems in cities hundreds of miles from the original fire.
The longer the dispute went unresolved, the more it damaged the country's credit lines, denying it access to capital markets and exacerbating an already dangerous economic downturn.
The sharing economy, for example, increases the rewards to owners of capital — exacerbating an ongoing trend toward rewarding owners of capital over labor.
In other cases, uses of force are "accidental", "unfortunate", "excessive", "undignified", "mild", "justified", "exacerbating an existing health issue", but never causative.
By exacerbating an economic downturn, it could reduce the amount of money spectators and sponsors are willing to spend on the sport.
