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How to pronounce escalating in American English
“escalating” pronunciation by American speakers
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has been that you guys are escalating, now escalating tensions.
State Department
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that's not de escalating or that's not escalating that's de-escalating that's taking ability away from the
Voice of America
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loud escalating sounds and noises.
FEMA
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