SHOOTING (UP) Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

shooting (up)

verb

Definition of shooting (up)

present participle of shoot (up)

as in soaring

to rise abruptly and rapidly gas prices shot up seemingly overnight

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Other soaring waterfowl like cranes, pelicans and large gulls flying through high-altitude migration corridors can also often misjudge the speed and presence of these rotating blades.

— Indrabati Lahiri, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
Swiss Chocolate giants Barry Callebaut, Lindt, and Nestlé all pointed to soaring cocoa prices as a drag on earnings.

— Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 26 July 2026

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Too fearful of discrimination to go to hospitals for antiretroviral drugs, many transgender people have stopped taking them — significantly increasing their risk of transmission.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
OpenAI disclosed the incident in a blog post on Tuesday, a stunning announcement that is certain to set off alarm bells across the industry about the increasing power of AI models and the risk of them going rogue.

— Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 22 July 2026

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