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• It was precisely the kind of wildland-urban interface that all the studies I read blamed for heightening Californians’ exposure to climate risks.

• Without the law, new internet companies would have more difficulty getting aloft, while established platforms would block many more posts in response to heightened litigation risks.

• I think they’ve handled this moment with a lot of grace and dignity, and it is heightening awareness of the need to stick with solutions.

• The roll-out heightens Walmart’s competition with Amazon as retailers of all types try to capitalize on soaring consumer interest in e-commerce during the pandemic.

• Amid concerns over police brutality and pandemic-heightened economic anxiety, cities have seen scattered outbreaks of violence and looting in recent months.

• For Kirke it was being paid to pretend to play the oboe that heightened her affair with classical music.

• She stands, dressed in a tutu, on one pointed foot in a heightened fifth position.

• It is an extreme, heightened set-up, I say: the whole hostage-taking, life-imperiled prolog.

• The Mossad high command must surely be convening emergency meetings in an atmosphere of tension and heightened alertness.

• The memo, citing a heightened security threat, said that the attacks were scheduled for July 25, 2014.

• The change was visible in his heightened colour, in his flashing eyes, and in his twitching mustachios.