as in to soar
to rise abruptly and rapidly
the crisis has caused oil prices to skyrocket
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Recent Examples of skyrocket
The Citizens Budget Commission (CBC), for example, recommends targeting cuts to services where demand is shrinking, or where costs are skyrocketing.
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Eric Kober, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2026
The number of people arrested and detained by ICE who have no criminal convictions or pending charges has skyrocketed from 945, or 6% of all arrests, last January, to 26,044, or 44%, last month, according to data published by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University.
—Brian Bennett, Time, 17 Feb. 2026
The term has skyrocketed in use in recent months among the very online far right, the ecosystem that gave rise to the candidacy of the 31-year-old investment banker and political outsider.
—Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2026
Concerns about energy bills The skyrocketing prices of gas and electric bills have been top of mind for many Maryland home- and businessowners over the past few years.
—Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
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Eric Kober, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2026
The number of people arrested and detained by ICE who have no criminal convictions or pending charges has skyrocketed from 945, or 6% of all arrests, last January, to 26,044, or 44%, last month, according to data published by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University.
—Brian Bennett, Time, 17 Feb. 2026
The term has skyrocketed in use in recent months among the very online far right, the ecosystem that gave rise to the candidacy of the 31-year-old investment banker and political outsider.
—Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2026
Concerns about energy bills The skyrocketing prices of gas and electric bills have been top of mind for many Maryland home- and businessowners over the past few years.
—Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
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The group delivered the defining play of the Phoenix game when Scheierman elevated to contest a shot at the rim, Harper soared in to block it off the backboard and Gonzalez raced the other way for a coast-to-coast Eurostep layup.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
25 Feb. 2026
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To afford the soaring prices, families are increasingly cashing out their stock and equity holdings, tools available only to a limited portion of the people who live here.—
Ethan Varian,
Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2026
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As the war in Ukraine enters its fourth year, Ukraine’s birth rate is collapsing, with increasing number of people struggling with fertility or putting off the decision to have children.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
22 Feb. 2026
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Climate mandates The Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance, like Eversource, says state climate mandates and policies are the main driver behind increasing utility bills in the Bay State, specifically naming the NetZero by 2050 climate mandate.—
Tim Dunn,
Boston Herald,
22 Feb. 2026
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“Skyrocket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skyrocket. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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