as in to soar
to rise abruptly and rapidly
gas prices shot up seemingly overnight
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The interest highlights a broader global scramble for copper, one in which supply constraints are colliding with soaring demand from electric vehicles and power grids.—
Tiisetso Motsoeneng,
semafor.com,
22 Apr. 2026 -
Just three days after that announcement, the war Iran started, sending oil futures and jet fuel prices soaring.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
22 Apr. 2026
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The list of measures in the statement touches on ties that China had suspended in recent years as tensions increased.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Crews also removed a wooden timber debris screen in front of one of the dam's gates to help increase water flow through it.—
Nick Lentz,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Intel shares are rocketing 25% higher this morning.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
24 Apr. 2026
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Just prior to the explosion of seismic activity, a sheet of magma that could fill about 32,000 Olympic-size swimming pools had rocketed up from a depth of at least 12 miles to just a mile below São Jorge’s surface in no more than a day.—
Robin George Andrews,
Scientific American,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Shoot (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoot%20%28up%29. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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