But fighting has escalated and the agreement now seems a dead letter.

I said the fighting would escalate in the near future,not that we had yet to start.

The fighting has escalated to the use of tanks and mortar fire.

Fighting would escalate and continue into the Clinton administration.

The stock has lost nearly half its value this year as the fighting has escalated.

The fighting has escalated over the past several months, since a Government crackdown on rebel activities.

Fighting escalated with little police interference until shots were fired at 1:30 am.

The fighting among the races had escalated to such a point that we feared they would destroy each other.

In spring 1992 the fighting escalated again, with sporadic Russian involvement.

By nightfall, the fighting had escalated into a full-scale riot.