The conflict has widened.

While Israeli officials described the attack as a measured response, it raised the possibility that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict could widen to neighboring Arab states.

As the conflict widens throughout their world and beyond, a young orphan struggles to understand enough of it to survive.

The conflict widened into the larger Seven Years' War by 1756, which involved all of the major European powers.

As the conflict between Crown and insubordinate colonies widened, so did the resentment of those who fought for liberty take fire.

The day was another in which the conflict widened and intensified.

These and other conflicts have widened the gap between eastern and western Germans, a gap that many hoped would now be closing.

This conflict widened into the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 in December and concluded with the creation of Bangladesh.

If Iraq were to attack Israel, American officials say, the conflict could easily widen to include other Arab countries, threatening the present alliance against Iraq.

"The conflict will widen," Garth said as they walked down the hallway.