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Example sentences for: escalated

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The Wall Street Journal reports that Seagram has escalated its campaign to advertise hard liquor on television by preparing ads including a caveat about responsible drinking.
The staged confrontations ostensibly were used to test inmates' ability to avoid fights and thus their readiness to enter the general prison population, but the report says they often escalated into predictably bloody violence.
The Washington Post reports that the students have escalated their demands to include the rollback of half a dozen changes the university has imposed in recent years, including limits on the number of years students have to earn degrees and tougher enrollment standards.
Newt Gingrich escalated the Republican assault on President Clinton's ethics.
The media have concentrated on this concern, and politicians have responded with escalated funding over the past two years for fundamental research into the many questions surrounding this mysterious disease.