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steepen
/ ˈstiːpən /
verb
- to become or cause to become steep or steeper
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They hammered twin tracks into the hard snow as the slope steepened and opened below me.
From Outside Online
When they are hopeful, the opposite happens and the curve steepens as expectations for inflation increase.
From Quartz
Even the landscape itself seems dialed back, with much of its natural wonders hidden beneath snow or sequestered at higher elevations where the land steepens.
From Washington Post
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