| tension be | 68.93 | And there are tensions. | ||
| tension rise | 23.96 | Tensions rose. | ||
| tension remain | 17.91 | But tensions remain. | ||
| tension mount | 12.64 | Tension mounts. | ||
| tension run | 8.43 | Tension ran high. | ||
| tension increase | 7.64 | Tensions are increasing. | ||
| tension ease | 7.31 | Tensions had eased. | ||
| tension escalate | 6.65 | And tensions are escalating. | ||
| tension flare | 6.45 | Trade tensions also flared. | ||
| tension grow | 6.32 | Racial tensions grew. | ||
| tension continue | 5.27 | The tension continues. | ||
| tension build | 4.87 | Tension builds. | ||
| tension soar | 4.21 | Tensions soar. | ||
| tension erupt | 3.49 | Tensions erupted. | ||
| tension persist | 2.83 | Tensions persisted. | ||
| tension begin | 2.70 | Tensions began to rise. | ||
| tension simmer | 2.50 | Yet old tensions simmer. | ||
| tension arise | 2.44 | Tensions do arise, however. | ||
| tension heighten | 2.17 | Economic growth has slowed in Taiwan as tension heightened. | ||
| tension lead | 2.17 | Tension has led to strikes. |