exacerbate

• “How everybody's all pretending they know what in hell the word exacerbate means.”

  Alvin Journeyman

• “He also warned Nato not to "exacerbate" its presence in the region.”

  The Guardian: Russia and Norway resolve Arctic border dispute

• “Why am I sure the Pope's reply will be couched in some stupid definition of "exacerbate" along the lines of "encourage promiscuous behaviour"?”

  News from the House of Sticks -

• “Recent research suggests that "Willpower" may exacerbate the very problem it is trying to reduce by promoting the idea of self-control as a limited resource.”

  The Wall Street Journal: The Will in the World

• “They speculated "that by 2025 California will not have enough highly educated workers to meet the demands of these new economy jobs...and This lack of higher education will exacerbate the income gap between rich and poor" and contribute to even higher unemployment rates.”

  The Huffington Post: John M. Eger: California Museums Can Help California Schools

• “If somebody's got an illness, stress can exacerbate that.”

  USA Today: Summitt determined to face down Alzheimer's challenge

• “The flight of the middle classes to paid-for antenatal classes as free NHS services are run down threatens to exacerbate the divide between the rich and poor, according to the Royal College of Midwives.”

  The Guardian: Middle class flock to private antenatal care as cuts bite

• “BROWNBERG: All the while striving to ignore any nuance to the naturally reactive cycles of free-market economies, but always bearing in mind our ethical responsibility not to further exacerbate or in any way worsen the current financial predicament, especially through the shallow pursuit of hype or ratings, by willfully cultivating any sense of PANIIIIIIIIIIIIIC!!!!!!!!!!”

  The Huffington Post: Martin Marks: This Is CNFMNSTV's Lightning Brunch

• “The Brazilian president stressed the need for greater physical integration between Peru and Brazil, including the dreaded Inter-Oceanic Highway which stood to exacerbate deforestation in the Amazon for more on this, see my book No Rain in the Amazon: How South America's Climate Change Affects the Entire Planet.”

  The Huffington Post: Nikolas Kozloff: WikiLeaks: U.S. and Brazil Vie for Power in Peru

• “Don't feed stray animals and don't encourage them into restaurants or hostels, you will only stay for a few days, but your actions can inadvertently exacerbate the problem.”

  The Huffington Post: Ben Colclough: Don't Feed The Animals!

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