"إشتداد" - Translation from Arabic to English

In the early'50s, during the height of the Cold War, we got wind the Russians were fooling around with eugenics.
فى بداية الخمسينات و مع إشتداد الحرب الباردة علمنا أن الروس يعبثون فى علم تحسين النسل

Since this race tightened in the last couple of weeks,
مع إشتداد التنافس في آخر أسبوعين