soared

past tense of soar

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Recent Examples of soared Seoul — The AI gold rush is minting new fortunes, but the ex-wife of one of South Korea’s biggest tech titans has failed to win a greater share of his wealth as his company’s stock price has soared. Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 24 July 2026 Temperatures soared to 90 degrees at Disneyland on Thursday as inland Orange County remained under a severe heat advisory, according to the National Weather Service. Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 24 July 2026 And then, suddenly, a male orca soared into view, belly up, and smashed his head into the dead fish. Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 23 July 2026 Stripping that out, however, Google still ostensibly had an excellent quarter; its cloud computing business, now the core of the company, soared 82%. Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 23 July 2026 Concurrently, imports soared, driven by substantial increases in computer parts and digital storage devices, largely attributed to the booming AI industry's demand for server infrastructure. Ken Roberts, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026 France registered its hottest-ever days on June 24 and June 25 this year — with a national average of 30 C (86 F) — as well as record heat at night and peak temperatures that soared well above 40 C (104 F) in many places. ABC News, 22 July 2026 The nation’s spending on obesity medicines, including GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy, soared by 81% last year, PwC said. Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026 Philly fans, who loudly booed everyone but Schwarber and Bryce Harper throughout the night, quietly headed toward the exits when Walker's winning shot soared over the left field wall. CBS News, 14 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for soared
Verb
  • Ivar laid out Axiom with a spin kick and climbed to the top rope.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
  • But the lack of central air-conditioning has still left the office sweltering as temperatures climbed toward triple digits.
    Reeti Malhotra, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026
Verb
  • His long-term future surely hovered as another complicating factor.
    Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • Somewhere in the heated mist hovered the howls of Albert Ayler and the clarion call of his brother Donald’s trumpet, followed by the Ornette Coleman Quartet, saluting him with joyous cacophony.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2026
Verb
  • Bike lane tickets increased to $250 after the 2022 death of 3-year-old Lily Grace Shambrook, who was killed in a traffic crash while riding on the back of her mother’s bike in Uptown.
    A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026
  • Researchers could not attribute increased or decreased beach erosion to higher global average temperatures.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2026
Verb
  • The positivity rate rose to 21% among employees who underwent random hair testing, according to the company’s annual Drug Testing Index.
    A.J. Herrington, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • Shares in chipmakers Samsung and TSMC in particular saw big gains from comparative lows, as investors bet that semiconductor demand would continue; tech-heavy benchmarks in South Korea, Taiwan, and China all rose.
    Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 21 July 2026
Verb
  • Silent and purposeful, the pelicans cut through a raucous chaos of gulls at the end of the wharf and glided on into the marsh.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
  • An endless procession of black SUVs, Escalades, luxury coaches, polished muscle cars and Uber Blacks glided onto West 31st Street.
    Bryan West, USA Today, 7 July 2026
Verb
  • The conspiracies of the Heat mistakenly leaking James’ decision to return to Miami also picked up steam, and the Heat simultaneously skyrocketed on the Polymarket and Kalshi prediction market platforms as James’ next team.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
  • Then, decisions got faster, meetings got shorter and accountability skyrocketed.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Verb
  • One of the children, a boy wrapped only in a towel, fled the riverbank in a panic and ascended to the road as the adults were drowning.
    ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026
  • For more than a decade, Miller steadily ascended in the niche world of NFL Draft media.
    Alex Andrejev, New York Times, 17 July 2026
Verb
  • Courtesy Luxury Living Costa Rica Fortunes sailed away to Europe 300 years ago.
    Donna Hardie-Scott, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Sears had allowed only a single and faced the minimum 13 batters when Michael Harris II tied the game with a home run that sailed just beyond the tall wall in right field with one out in the fifth.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 July 2026

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