Sentence examples for which escalated in from inspiring English sources

Abdullah is determined to curb royal corruption, which escalated in the mid-90s despite the kingdom running up multibillion-dollar deficits.

In June 2008, after months of negotiations, Israel and Ḥamās agreed to implement a truce scheduled to last six months; however, this was threatened shortly thereafter as each accused the other of violations, which escalated in the last months of the agreement.

After months of negotiations, in June 2008 Israel and Ḥamās agreed to implement a truce scheduled to last six months; however, this was threatened shortly thereafter as each accused the other of violations, which escalated in the last months of the agreement.

Chinese conflict with Japan over the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands and with the cluster of countries that encircle the South China Sea, which escalated in the spring of 2014, raised warning bells in Washington.

Also on Tuesday morning, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights released updated casualty figures for the conflict, which escalated in late March when the Saudi-led coalition began targeting Houthi rebels and their allies loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh.

At least 279 children have been killed and 402 injured as a direct result of the conflict which escalated in late March.

The segment (which escalates in the preview screener into a discussion of shooting and body counts that may seem ill timed after Saturday's rampage in Arizona) successfully ties together the two strands of "Sports Dome: making fun of sports and making fun of "Sports Center.

Punches were almost thrown after Martínez plunked Karim Garcia in the back with a pitch, which escalated into an angry exchange in the top of the fourth inning.

Germany's fractured history is never far from the minds of its film-makers – docu-drama The Miracle Of Leipzig reconstructs a peaceful demonstration in East Germany in 1989 which escalated into a mass uprising, and Berlin '36, topical as the 2012 Olympics grows nearer, tells the true story of a high jumper forced out of the German team for being Jewish.

The discovery in April 2008 came against a background of mounting tensions between the Beirut government and the Iranian-backed Shia organisation, which escalated into street fighting in the capital just weeks later.

Will the anti-government protests in Bangkok in mid-April — which escalated into two days of rioting during the traditional Thai New Year and caused the cancellation of a summit meeting of Asian nations in Pattaya — keep away the visitors who have been gradually returning since the devastating tsunami of 2004?