Sentence examples for grave escalation from inspiring English sources

A ministry statement said he asked the ambassadors to help "prevent Israel from launching these acts, which constitute a grave escalation in the region that may threaten regional and international peace and security".

Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri accused Israel of committing a "grave escalation" in violence and threatened to retaliate, saying Israel would "pay the price".

Despite the Russian president's claim that Russia has no intention of trying to annex other regions in Ukraine, Hague said there was "grave risk" of escalation elsewhere in Ukraine.

Ban expressed grave concern over the escalation of violence in Libya and called for a ceasefire and the relief of besieged cities.

The resolution expresses "grave concern" at the escalation of violence in Syria and deplores "the failure of the Security Council to agree on measures to ensure the compliance of Syrian authorities with its decisions".

Mr Rasmussen called on Russia to cease military action, stop supporting the rebels and "take immediate and verifiable steps towards de-escalation of this grave crisis".

Father Tam can be seen in Predappio where Benito Mussolini was born every year, marching a massive wooden cross to his grave to celebrate his birth and escalation to power.

15 This indicator describes the number of children verified who were affected by grave child rights violations following the escalation of conflict beginning 26 March 2015.

Israeli politicians and pundits labeled the Oct. 3 burning of a mosque in Tuba Zangaria, an Arab community in northern Israel, and the subsequent desecration of Arab graves in Jaffa as a sudden escalation.

Johnson made mistakes -- the escalation in Vietnam being his gravest (Obama take note).

Emile Hokayem, a Syria analyst at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, says that "honest advocates" for a new U.S. policy must reckon with the graver threats posed by direct U.S. Russia military escalation.