SOARED Synonyms: 104 Similar and Opposite Words

soared

verb

past tense of soar

as in climbed

to move or extend upward the Eiffel Tower soaring into the skies above Paris

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as in flew

to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings bats soaring and swooping through the night air

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as in increased

to rise abruptly and rapidly gas prices soared overnight because of the shortage

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Recent Examples of soared Standing beneath the stars and stripes as our National Anthem filled Arrowhead and a B-2 soared overhead was one of them. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2026 Palantir soared 135% in 2025, 340% in 2024 and another 167% in 2023. — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026 The Marine Corps veteran has been closely watching the cost of home heating oil, which has soared recently along with crude oil, diesel fuel and gasoline prices, as the US-Iran war drags on. — Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026 High school students permitted to use ChatGPT as a study aid soared through practice questions, but performed worse on tests than peers without AI once the tool was taken away. — Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026 Since the war with Iran began in late February, the nationwide average diesel price has soared by 60%. — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 11 Sep. 2026 But in the days following 9/11, his popularity soared as Americans rallied around their new leader. — Michael Collins, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026 Since the price of housing nationwide soared several years ago even as availability froze or dropped, most every other state from Hawaii to Alabama has begun offering something similar to Time to Own. — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 8 Sep. 2026 Their data now shows 9/11 cancer cases soared 75% from 2023 to 2025, rising from 177 to 235. — Jennifer McLogan, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026

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Suicide remains the 10th leading cause of death in the United States, and CDC data released this year show firearm suicides actually climbed to their highest level on record in 2025, topping 28,000.

— Courtney Marx, Sun Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026
California’s median home price climbed back above $900,000 in August, according to the California Association of Realtors.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2026

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In the app, Microsoft’s AI assistant, called Copilot, hovered over the page.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
In July, some 300 drones rose beside the 101 freeway and hovered for 15 minutes, forming Angelyne’s face and a telephone number in the night sky.

— Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026

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Tensions have surged in the West Bank, and extremist Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians have increased exponentially, emboldened by right-wing, ultra-nationalist politicians in Israel's government.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026
Now, with growing bipartisan opposition to the rapid buildout of data centers suggest that even ordinary residents of communities and voters have increased power to help pace the frontier from the bottom up.

— Bhaskar Chakravorti, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of increased

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The pinkish squid glided two miles beneath the surface, its long, pale legs trailing from undulating fins, stunning scientists who know remarkably little about its diet, behavior or reproduction.

— Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Merino glided away from challenges to keep Arsenal in control.

— Thom Harris, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

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The number of adults over 30 who took psilocybin in the past year has skyrocketed, up 188 percent between 2019 and 2023, according to a 2025 release from Annals of Internal Medicine.

— Claire Hoffman, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026
While earlier forecasts from the California Association of Realtors projected that mortgage rates would remain below 6% in 2026, mortgage rates have since skyrocketed passed 7%.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of skyrocketed

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The first reigning queen of Japan, Suiko ascended the Chrysanthemum Throne in 593 CE and presided over a flowering of Buddhism under her regent, Prince Shotoku.

— Liz Regalia, Parents, 9 Sep. 2026
As then-lieutenant governor, McKee ascended to the top office.

— Whitman Littlefield, The Providence Journal, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of ascended

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The family sailed on the Lusitania in 1914, a year before a German torpedo sank the ship and killed nearly twelve hundred people.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
Wearing a headband and a hard look, Chen took a breath and sailed over a man and two motorcycles.

— Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026

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