1.   Both unions and management fear the dispute could escalate.

2.   After the Super League dispute escalated, Murdoch pulled out of that agreement, leading to the court action from Nine.

3.   Diplomats fear that the dispute could escalate into a trade war and jeopardize the organization.

4.   Officer St. Rose said the men got out of their car and a verbal dispute escalated to a physical altercation.

5.   The dispute escalated after Jones made comments on the radio about the exchange and the exchange sued him for defamation.

6.   The dispute escalated on Friday when agents of the paleontologists discovered some ranchers trying to dig up the dinosaur bones with an earth-moving machine.

7.   Until recently such news would have pushed crude prices higher on concern the dispute could escalate and disrupt oil exports.

8.   When the officers and their companions stepped in, other passengers became involved and the dispute escalated.

9.   As a result, the hunting dispute has escalated from a debate about contrasting lifestyles into a thorny political issue.

10.   But neither government wants the dispute to escalate into confrontation with Japan, a major trading partner.