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Its theocratic dictator, Ayatollah Khomeini, was augmenting his powers by claiming to speak for the Muslim world, as well as taking aim at novelists.

From The Guardian • Jul. 4, 2020

I became a croupier in Monaco, your fame was augmenting.

From Withered Leaves. Vol. III.(of III) A Novel by Gottschall, Rudolf von

That wasn't much, but he was augmenting it in another way which he believed would bring great profit in the future.

From The Financier, a novel by Dreiser, Theodore

My final frightened upward glance told me that the nauseous cataclysm was augmenting rather than lessening.

From Down the Columbia by Freeman, Lewis R. (Lewis Ransome)

However, this was but little advantage to him, since he must necessarily leave a broad trail, and the army was augmenting its columns day by day with celebrated scouts, both white and Indian.

From Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains by Eastman, Charles Alexander