was exacerbating
- past progressive of exacerbate.
Example Sentences
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“We cannot disengage despite the challenges,” the U.N. chief said and also urged funding for aid operations, saying the ban was exacerbating already low levels of funding.
From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2023
It has since become clearer that many companies were meanwhile rebuilding their margins on price hikes in a way that was exacerbating inflation - something policymakers at the European Central Bank now acknowledge.
From Reuters ● Apr. 4, 2023
More polemical was “Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster,” released in 1998, about how the city’s urban design was exacerbating fire and drought.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2022
A spokesperson for Swissport apologised for its part in any disruption, adding that the return of demand for flights was "exacerbating resource challenges across the aviation industry."
From BBC ● May 31, 2022
It was a sickeningly aggrandizing clump that was exacerbating itself within her stomach; and it made her doubt the efficacy of the plan.
From Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America by Sills, Steven (Steven David Justin)
