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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
escalate .
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Examples
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Dan Moore during his term escalated more, and sort of hit the apex during my term.
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But the ugly reality is that as governor for only two-and-a-half years, Sarah Palin escalated a bloody aerial wolf-slaughter campaign that continues to this very day.
Think Progress » Tea party leaders say they would ‘absolutely’ abolish Social Security. 2010
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But the ugly reality is that as governor for only two-and-a-half years, Sarah Palin escalated a bloody aerial wolf-slaughter campaign that continues to this very day.
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But the ugly reality is that as governor for only two-and-a-half years, Sarah Palin escalated a bloody aerial wolf-slaughter campaign that continues to this very day.
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I called back and told them it was not acceptable so they again escalated my case and ended up getting my part to me on February 10th.
After Massive Runaround, HP Sends Your Laptop Back Filled With Viruses - The Consumerist 2009
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Raising a lace handkerchief, she waved it gently in the air, and the boisterous calls escalated anew.
SEASONS OF GOLD STEF ANN HOLM 1992
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Over time, the calls escalated to where she'd get at least 13 calls a day, every day of the week, from the man, who she did not know.
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Over time, the calls escalated to where she'd get at least 13 calls a day, every day of the week, from the man, who she did not know.
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Over time, the calls escalated to where she'd get at least 13 calls a day, every day of the week, from the man, who she did not know.
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With persistence and polite conversation, I had the call escalated above the initial rep, and both of those reps have allowed me to return the laptops and get FULL credit on a new computer, which in both cases was faster and had a larger HD.
MacInTouch 2009
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