Even as rhetoric and disagreements over the drug war escalated, so did the number of Colombian children placed for adoption by American families.
Jaine went back to her office before their little disagreement escalated into open warfare.
A disagreement between two rival gangs escalated into gunfire at an apartment complex early today, wounding 16 people.
But what began as a heated disagreement over a parking space rapidly escalated into a brawl and then turned deadly.
The disagreement did not escalate, but Payton, whom no one likes to argue with, played 36 minutes the next game.
The story is about a nuclear bomb and how silly disagreements can escalate into serious problems.
Our local allies are being difficult again, as I said, and the disagreement escalates.
He complains of her promiscuity and the disagreement escalates.
During this period the disagreements between members escalated into legal threats.
The disagreement soon escalates, and one of the young men mortally stabs the Jewish man.