Example Sentences

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What's more, New York Fed research shows supply chain pressures - an aggravator of goods inflation over the past couple of years - normalised last month.

From Reuters • Mar. 7, 2023

Falling used car prices, one aggravator of inflation indices over the past year, will be watched closely - as will the relative calm in oil prices.

From Reuters • Nov. 10, 2022

"Those folks were all affiliated and are a part of our analysis as we move forward with the aggravator regarding the gang activity," Larizza said.

From Fox News • Sep. 2, 2021

Even if each of the seven jurors cites a different aggravator, the jury as a whole must endorse execution.

From Slate • Oct. 14, 2015

That the age of universal popularity of the nylon-haired, doe-eyed, plastic embodiment of body fascism, that icon of mindless consumption and ravening materialism, promulgator of female passivity and aggravator of vanity is over at last?

From The Guardian • Jul. 21, 2013