Sentence examples for this escalate from inspiring English sources
"It's a drastic move, but we can't let this escalate," Mr. Spano said.
"With regard to the reports of this particular lock-on incident, actions such as this escalate tensions and increase the risk of an incident or a miscalculation, and they could undermine peace, stability and economic growth in this vital region," said US state department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland.
"We tend to see this escalate around elections where people feel like there's risk of potentially greater scrutiny".
On ABC's "This Week" program Kerry said that "the hope of the U.S. and everybody in the world is not to see this escalate into a military confrontation".
If there is already this much rioting over something that's legal, how much will this escalate when it becomes illegal to print or broadcast anything the OIC deems blasphemous?
This escalated the fight.
This escalated into the "dirty protest".
The stress will come if this escalates".
This escalated the impact elsewhere in the financial system.
This escalated on Thursday and continued over the weekend.
