The move has heightened tension in the state.

这一举动加剧了该州的紧张局势。

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Family get-togethers and office parties, long lines at shopping malls and crowded parking lots bring heightened tension and frayed nerves.

家庭聚会、办公室派对、商场内长长的人龙，以及水洩不通的停车场，都令我们情绪紧张，神经绷紧。

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Tension has heightened after the recent bomb attack.

最近的炸弹袭击之后，情势更加紧张。

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Israel says it will maintain heightened security in Jerusalem until the tension around the holy sites subsides.

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At the same time, he has exploited the heightened tension to silence critics at home.

ECONOMIST: Sudan north and south

Despite the heightened tension, there were signs of business as usual Monday.

NPR: SKorea, US Begin Drills As NKorea Threatens War

Both security and other loyalist sources played it down, although they admitted it heightened tension already building with the start of the annual marching season.

ECONOMIST: Northern Ireland