skyrocketed

past tense of skyrocket

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Recent Examples of skyrocketed Public sentiment was already souring as inflation and living costs skyrocketed. Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025 In 2017, the Fire and Police Commission sent a directive to Flynn to re-allow chases for reckless driving and chases skyrocketed after. David Clarey, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025 Arqit Quantum skyrocketed more than 32% this week. Samantha Subin, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025 Property values have skyrocketed in Ohio over the past five years, as the pandemic homebuying frenzy sparked by historically low mortgage rates clashed with chronically low inventory. Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025 Local arrests of immigrants have skyrocketed. Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025 The videos that initially skyrocketed her to MomTok fame were of her and her kids having dance parties on her kitchen countertop—a motif that popped up in her and her pro partner Jan Ravnik’s episode 2 quickstep. Erica Sloan, SELF, 30 Sep. 2025 In July, the Department of Homeland Security said attacks on ICE agents had skyrocketed by 830% since January. Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 27 Sep. 2025 Interest in packing cubes has skyrocketed among our readers in 2025, with one certain kind of packing cube earning extra acclaim. Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skyrocketed
Verb
  • The rapid escalation of trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies has sunk stocks, rattling investors and industries by igniting fears of a repeat of the tit-for-tat tariff battle in spring, when levies on Chinese and American imports soared to around 145% and 120% respectively.
    John Liu, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Hooters reaches for the sky Hooters girls soared at 30,000 feet in the early 2000s.
    Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In recent years the amount of screen time at school has increased as students and teachers transition to digital learning.
    Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
  • What To Know OpenMinds said that Russia had increased its contract military recruitment in 2025, with a 40 percent year-on-year increase in social media ads, especially on the social network VK, during the first half of 2025.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025

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