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How to use the word escalation in a Sentence?

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And I think that also kind of signals the escalation that the Russians are taking by taking a journalist and wrongfully detaining them and basically taking them hostage.

– Trevor Reed

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Obviously, those charges sound extremely fishy, charging a journalist with espionage, and I think that also kind of signals the escalation that the Russians are taking by taking a journalist and wrongfully detaining them and basically taking them hostage.

– Trevor Reed

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Fasting is not compulsory if you’re feeling not well. So in that regard — anything that can jeopardize the mission or maybe put the crew member at risk — we’re actually allowed to to eat sufficient food to prevent any escalation of lack of food or nutrition or hydration.

– Sultan Alneyadi

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The city of Austin Steele/CNN Atlanta has the most extensive training requirements in the Southeast, our training includes vital areas like de-escalation training techniques, mental health, community-oriented policing, crisis intervention training, as well as civil rights history education.

– Andre Dickens

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Why do you support Ukraine, pumping it with weapons instead of sitting down to negotiate as I suggest? You are already discussing sending long range weapons, missiles up to 300 kilometers in range and F 16 fighter jets, state of the art fighter jets, after hundreds of Leopard tanks have gone there. Why are you doing this? You understand this is escalation.

– Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP/Getty Images Lukashenko

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We’ve had a really fast escalation and movement towards giving American consumers access to the legal market that they clearly want. And so we have to continue to evolve that marketplace.

– Casey Clark

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We would like to remind London : in the event of such a scenario the death toll of yet another round of escalation, as well as and its military-political consequences for the European continent and the whole world will be on the United Kingdom’s hands.

– The Russian embassy in London

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I’m conscious the main fights are yet to come and they will happen this year, within two to three months, russia is preparing for maximum escalation. It is gathering everything possible, doing drills and training. When it comes to an offensive from different directions, as of now, I can say that we are not excluding any scenario in the next two to three weeks.

– Oleksiy Danilov

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Our partners are aware of the types of weapons we need – first and foremost, fighter jets and long-range missiles that can hit targets up to 300 km away, these are not weapons of escalation, but rather weapons of defense and deterrence against the aggressor. We are actively negotiating to unlock all these solutions. I have instructed all our diplomats in key capitals to make this a priority.

– Dmytro Kuleba

Found on CNN
1 year ago

With an aircraft United States can actually, as a matter of speaking, fly to Moscow and bomb the Kremlin. I do n’t think the Ukrainians will do that, but there’s a risk involved, and that may actually lead to an escalation that we are not really willing to accept.

– Peter Wijninga

Found on CNN
1 year ago

( China) doesn't really see a problem as of yet, which I think they should, because this could lead to escalation that they didn't want. If they want to be in control, they better control these civilian drone operators first.

– Paul Huang

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Taiwan matters far more to the world economy than its 1 % share of global GDP would indicate, a further escalation in cross-strait tensions that cut Taiwan's export off from the rest of the world would lead to renewed shortages in the automotive and electronics sectors and put further upward pressure on inflation.

– Gareth Leather

Found on CNN
1 year ago

No party wants a real war, but the risk of mishap or even aggressive war game escalation is real, which could always lead to a tactical mistake.

– Stephen Innes

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Pelosi's Taiwan visit is tainting sentiment today. And amid escalating tensions in Taiwan Strait and deepening worries about a global economic slowdown, investors are diving headlong into Stephen Innes bonds, no party wants a real war, but the risk of mishap or even aggressive war game escalation is real, which could always lead to a tactical mistake.

– Stephen Innes

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We should achieve something with sanctions, so far, we're going basically from escalation to escalation and we have no choice. So I think sanctions, yes, but then how are we going to end this ?

– Herbert Diess

Found on CNN
1 year ago

But that there are a lot of things that Russian President Vladimir Putin would do in the context of escalation before Russian President Vladimir Putin would get to a nuclear weapon, and also that Russian President Vladimir Putin would be likely to engage in some signaling beyond what Russian President Vladimir Putin's done thus far before doing so.

– Avril Haines

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The killing of Palestinian and Israeli civilians only leads to a further deterioration of the situation at a time when we all strive to achieve stability and prevent escalation.

– Mahmoud Abbas

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I don't believe the world, we don't believe the words. After the escalation of Russia, we don't believe our neighbors. We don't believe all of this.

– The US President

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I want to continue to try, as much as I can, to stop this war and rebuild peace, i am not sure that an escalation of rhetoric serves that cause.

– Emmanuel Macron

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Saudi Arabia is trying to do anything they can... to be more ready to confront an escalation on several regional fronts led by an emboldened Iran.

– Gregory Johnsen

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We have to acknowledge Saudi Arabia expects an escalation in Yemen after the nuclear deal is signed, saudi Arabia is trying to do anything they can... to be more ready to confront an escalation on several regional fronts led by an emboldened Iran.

– Cinzia Bianco

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The EU is keen to be able to keep escalating The EU response according to developments in Ukraine, if Brussels now enforces maximum sanctions, how does it react to a further escalation by Moscow ?

– Henning Gloystein

Found on CNN
2 years ago

There are currently no supply shortages, nevertheless, we must take further precautionary measures to be prepared for any escalation by Russia.

– Robert Habeck

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I wouldn't use this type of wording because I continue to hold discussions with President Putin, we want to stop the war that Russia has launched in Ukraine without escalation -- that's the objective.

– Emmanuel Macron

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

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