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escalating
1. · If the conflict is escalating, remove yourself from the situation until you can face it calmly and appropriately
2. Interestingly though, due to the prey’s need to constantly develop and improve her skills of alertness and evasion, and the resulting need of the predator to continually develop and improve his skills of detection and capture, they both entered into a kind of escalating “arms race” that led to their joint evolution, mutually benefiting both parties
3. You should realize that kissing- a simple kiss on the lips- is actually a comfort move that conveys direct interest, without escalating too fast
4. The man wearing a light short-sleeved shirt, but sweating profusely in the intense heat of early evening, said: ‘In spite of the militant stance of the Saudi leader the majority of public opinion appears to be against this conflict escalating into war
5. Even if he did – if he could – put a stop to the project, that would not make any difference at this stage, now events were escalating to full-scale war
6. ‘All right now,’ Dr Karol said, surely sensing the escalating argument
7. She had thought each suitor would be more and more alike as they got to the end, but to her surprise she was finding their level of malfeasance to be escalating
8. The war in Iraq, burgeoning budget deficits, escalating energy prices, the Katrina fumble, immigration and controversies surrounding his chief political advisor have contributed to the president‘s growing unpopularity among Liberals and Conservatives, alike, thereby exhausting whatever remaining political capital he might have had in advancing the judicial career of a long time friend
9. overdraft, with escalating bank charges I would die
10. A couple of girls tried to talk Buffo away from his escalating temper
11. for the man escalating
12. reluctantly, his humiliation escalating, he opened his eyes as she
13. With an escalating concern
14. It shouldn’t be escalating this fast, he thought
15. “I’m not sure, but things are escalating much more
16. Things are escalating far more
17. I had seen so many, from all points on the Earth’s map, but tonight the moon was traumatizing in its exquisiteness, its magnificence held no bounds for me and as I walked along the darkened streets of this American city, I couldn’t help escalating into its hypnotic trance
18. escalating horror, my dad became more of an abstract monster in
19. increments of escalating levels of trauma; once I figured out that
20. The war is escalating and we cannot continue to send tiny backyard Cessnas into such places
21. “No, no, NO!” he screamed, his voice escalating into hysterics
22. because of the escalating costs of health insurance
23. The author (Richard Johnson) concludes that Gāndhi was correct in saying that responding to terror with terror leads to escalating violence, more terror and insecurity, and we need to explore alternative non-violent approaches
24. ” The director said, his voice now escalating as he cut Davis off
25. ” It was bizarre, surreal, her talking to him while they were locked in an escalating struggle while she was ‘changing’
26. a good way to shelve the content of the criticism without escalating conflict
27. He was not worried Jamie would use EDWARD for anything harmful, but he did know if others knew she had the access it would make her a target, and he was beginning to see where the rebels were not the only trouble that was escalating
28. Her emotions are already escalating inside herself
29. So, in a nutshell, attraction signs exist to tell you that you can move forward from the introduction phase and concentrate on qualifying, isolating, and escalating things physically
30. escalating over many years, the council tax trebled in 9 years but
31. The word of the guest’s disappearance had undoubtedly spread like wildfire this morning, with the drama and anxiety surrounding the situation escalating to enormous proportions as if this unfortunate incident was somehow more concrete and realistic than the new reports from Washington, D
32. She crossed the road to avoid the escalating conflict but, very rudely thought Mavis, was avidly watching
33. An argument was escalating beyond her confines
34. He was determined to avenge the destruction of British cities by escalating aerial bombardment, and targeted the largest centres of population, which, he believed would "break the spirit of the German people”
35. escalating process of acquiring more: a larger house, another SUV, a
36. To help calm himself down, he returned the kiss, escalating the shared passion of the moment
37. The war in Europe was escalating
38. because the situation kept escalating
39. Tammas had chosen the first weapon: the tray, escalating the fight
40. Panic grabbed hold of her body, escalating her heart rate to twice its normal pace
41. hard-earned salaries, and the escalating rates and taxes we fork out for
42. “Well, the fight kept escalating
43. They include: a hugely expanding rural population that is moving to the urban areas; illiteracy – especially in regards Information Technology; lack of adequate schooling and medical care facilities; and their constantly escalating states of poverty
44. Escalating the art of lying to become the truth
45. Terror and wars on terror are escalating towards negative Israel
46. As a result, while Europe and Asia flew into a controlled frenzy of “What can we do?” activities and Africans took advantage of the situation by escalating their favorite pastimes of coups and carnage to new depths of depravity, in the good ol’ US of A it was business as usual
47. Darek watched them tear each other apart in this escalating
48. The contentions between husband and wife, parents and children were escalating, that their neighbors and friends are warned of impending breakdown
49. She realized that her escalating wrong choices led her to destruction as precipitated by her drug use
50. This is why share communities never really developed in Vermont because of the escalating land and food production costs