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Recent Examples of meteoric
Charting his meteoric rise and ultimate fall, which led to Belfort (played by Leonardo DiCaprio in the film) serving 22 months in prison, the book provides a first-hand account of the greed and consequential moral implications of America’s financial sector.
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Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026
Jun Azuma's career as a producer was meteoric, creating hits for all of Japan's top acts.
—K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 3 Apr. 2026
The company's shares have fallen about 14% this year after a meteoric rise that briefly made Lilly the first trillion-dollar market cap health-care company.
—Angelica Peebles,annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 1 Apr. 2026
Nonetheless, the open-source tool’s meteoric rise in popularity has clearly impressed AI companies.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 26 Mar. 2026
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Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026
Jun Azuma's career as a producer was meteoric, creating hits for all of Japan's top acts.
—K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 3 Apr. 2026
The company's shares have fallen about 14% this year after a meteoric rise that briefly made Lilly the first trillion-dollar market cap health-care company.
—Angelica Peebles,annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 1 Apr. 2026
Nonetheless, the open-source tool’s meteoric rise in popularity has clearly impressed AI companies.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 26 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for meteoric
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Your breathing should be deep and rapid.—
Jeff Wagner,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
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Earthquakes' sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, landslides or avalanches.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
13 Apr. 2026
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It's been an eventful first month on the job for Pat Lyons, the new athletic director at the University of Rhode Island, who takes the reins in Kingston during a volatile time in college sports, with the billions of dollars available in media rights turning the NCAA into a conduit for big business.—
Kathleen Hill,
The Providence Journal,
11 Apr. 2026
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Flying is the company’s second Nova-C lander named Athena featuring NASA’s PRIME-1 drill, to land a drill and mass spectrometer near the south pole of the moon in order to demonstrate the feasibility of in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) and measure the volatile content of subsurface samples.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2026
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That dynamic duo combined to strike out nine while scattering seven hits and three walks, with the hard-throwing Owen notching six of the strikeouts.—
Rick Armstrong,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Apr. 2026
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And that dynamic slowly, slowly, slowly shifted to being the right direction.—
Amy Amatangelo,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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More than this many people face acute hunger, according to the World Food Program.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
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In Baltimore, where economic disparities are more acute, the consequences are magnified.—
Brian Walter,
Baltimore Sun,
14 Apr. 2026
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The calls from Democrats to end his campaign were swift.—
Caitlin Yilek,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy promised to abide by the ceasefire, but warned there would be a swift military response to any violations.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Hayes is twenty years old, on a whirlwind world tour, and creating the band’s second album, but pursues Soléne for a simple lunch that quickly turns into a love affair.—
Haruka Iwasaki,
Literary Hub,
18 Mar. 2026
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Iranian filmmakers have had whirlwind awards seasons before.—
Sandra Gonzalez,
CNN Money,
12 Mar. 2026
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Jassy also touted Amazon’s $4 billion effort to bring speedy delivery to shoppers in rural America.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Mascherano opted to play without a natural striker at the end of last season and utilize Messi as a deep-lying forward (false nine) who could also create, flanked by young, speedy, energetic Mateo Silvetti and Tadeo Allende.—
Michelle Kaufman
April 7,
Miami Herald,
7 Apr. 2026
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The guy who chased down Crinon is also the guy who opened the scoring with some net-front clean-up work, and the guy who started a warp-speed rush by Celebrini and McDavid, resulting in a goal by the latter.—
Sean Gentille,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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This isn't your average stroll through lightsaber lore or warp-speed factoids.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Meteoric.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meteoric. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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