Even demonstrations or events intended to be peaceful can turn confrontational and possibly escalate into violence.
(The clown won't expect an aggressive response and might panic – possibly escalating, Wilson thinks, to physical violence).
In 1999, Kunstler went long on Y2K, predicting "loss of comfort and modern convenience," possibly escalating into disease and chaos.
In the short term, we can anticipate more, and possibly escalating, violence; international intervention; and perhaps some kind of interim accord under which more territory would be handed over to the Palestinian Authority -- buying periods of quiet, but failing to tackle the core issues of the conflict.
If they do not like an umpire's call on balls and strikes, catchers will stare straight ahead at the pitcher and speak aloud, never turning their heads so that they do not reveal the argument to observers and possibly escalate the disagreement.
Congressional Democrats, particularly those on the left, report increasing disenchantment among constituents with the idea of a long and possibly escalating conflict in Afghanistan, especially as the American strategy comes to resemble a long-term nation-building approach rather than a counterterrorism operation.
If the Trump Administration chose to thwart a missile test now or in the future, former generals and military analysts told me, North Korea is likely to retaliate, possibly escalating tensions into open warfare and unleashing weaponry Pyongyang feared it might otherwise lose in U.S. air strikes.
The political tensions have been exacerbated by the ongoing and possibly escalating threat posed by the Taliban, and violence continues to rattle Afghanistan on a regular basis.
"Substantial disruptions have been caused to date and there is a reasonable expectation that those disruptions to the learning and living environment would continue and may possibly escalate if he is allowed on campus," Delaney wrote.
Indications are that conflict, displacement, and the humanitarian crisis in Syria will persist, where large areas of the country are controlled by rebel groups, and possibly escalate in the near future as the international coalition continues airstrikes against the Islamic State ISS).
Violence has been escalating, possibly to deter NATO from taking control of security in south Afghanistan.
