steadily escalate
Frequency: 6.89.5 per million words
Indicates a continuous and constant worsening of a situation.
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- Violence between the two sides has been steadily escalating.
- The cost of living has steadily escalated over the past decade.
- The political situation began to steadily escalate after the failed negotiations.
- The trade dispute will steadily escalate if no agreement is reached soon.
- Analysts watched as the tension in the region steadily escalated.
- The union's demands have steadily escalated throughout the negotiation process.
- Public concern over the environmental crisis has been steadily escalating.
- If we don't intervene, the conflict is likely to steadily escalate.
- Throughout the Cold War, the arms race between the superpowers steadily escalated.
- The disagreement between the neighbors steadily escalated into a major feud.