Example Sentences

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Rising electricity costs and changing consumer preferences have exacerbated operators’ challenges.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Attacks on energy facilities, including Iran’s South Pars gas field and Qatar’s Ras Laffan site, have exacerbated and accelerated the divergence in the past 24 hours.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

While tax bills have always jumped when homes change hands, today’s housing-market conditions have exacerbated the situation.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 24, 2025

Some argue that turning ranchland into public parks and conservation areas have exacerbated fire risk.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2025

To keep Ngawang from having to exert himself, which would have exacerbated his edema, at several points during the descent, Beidleman picked up the ailing Sherpa and carried him on his back.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer