soared

verb

past tense of soar
1
as in climbed
to move or extend upward the Eiffel Tower soaring into the skies above Paris

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2
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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3
as in increased
to rise abruptly and rapidly gas prices soared overnight because of the shortage

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Recent Examples of soared In Iran, the rate of inflation for food has soared by nearly 130% over the past 12 months, and people are having to buy food and medicine in installments, according to reports from Iranian media. — Mustafa Qadri, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026 Their odds of playing into October have soared from roughly 7 percent to better than 60 percent. — Dennis Lin, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026 SpaceX shares soared on their debut in June, but have since faced volatility with hundreds of billions of dollars wiped from its market cap by the end of July after an intial post-IPO rally. — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026 Demand for hotel rooms along the path of totality, including in the northern cities of A Coruña, Bilbao and Santiago de Compostela, soared. — Suman Naishadham, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026 After fundraising soared into the millions in the district in 2024, money appears to be flowing in again. — Mary Ramsey august 12, Charlotte Observer, 12 Aug. 2026 Summary Meta's Partnership Ads have soared to a $10 billion annual run rate, doubling in a year, largely because creators outperform brands. — Jamie Gutfreund, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 In neighboring Croatia, tourists in Dubrovnik sought refuge in shade and avoided beaches during the hottest hours of the day as temperatures soared along the Adriatic coast. — ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026 The object has since soared back into deep space, taking the possibility of any answers with it. — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 6 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for soared
  1. climbed
  2. hovered
  3. increased
  4. rose
  5. glided
  6. skyrocketed
  7. ascended
  8. sailed
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  • Back on the job the morning after the alert was lifted, Isidro threw a rope over an avocado tree about 20 feet (6 meters) high and climbed up.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
  • The average freight rate climbed 9 percent percent year over year to $1,475 per 20-foot container (TEU).
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 14 Aug. 2026
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  • Mortgage rates have hovered in the mid- to upper-6% range for most of the year.
    — Aly J Yale, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • In addition, jobless claims have hovered around 200,000 a week, and the number of job openings has been rising over the past six months, Slok pointed out.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of hovered
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  • Diagnoses of autism, a neurodevelopmental condition that affects how people communicate and behave, have increased roughly fivefold over the past couple of decades.
    — Amanda Seitz, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Confusion reigns Wright asserted that the seven-day average of oil flowing out of the Strait of Hormuz had increased to 9 million barrels per day.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of increased
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  • Long-term Treasury yields rose to their highest point since 2007, creating another headwind for the economy and lifting borrowing costs for consumers and businesses.
    — David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2026
  • As for metal, solid gold, whether yellow, white, or rose, remains the steadiest choice, aging with grace and holding its value across the years.
    — Pooja Mistry, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
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  • On Thursday afternoon, Shadow glided into the nest with KD1 not far behind, according to Friends of Big Bear Valley, a nonprofit that runs the livestream.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Jones, in the first major race of his political career, faces a staunch challenge in Thompson, who has held the seat for 30 years and glided into the general election with almost 41% of the vote.
    — Evelyn Ronan, Sacbee.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of glided
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  • What started as a 10% minimum duty on Chinese goods skyrocketed to well over 100%.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Average player salaries reached $130,000 after negotiations for a new CBA in 2020, then skyrocketed as the number exceeded $583,000 after the historic 2026 deal.
    — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of skyrocketed
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  • These leaders ascended to the international stage with a mixture of macho populism and a Trumpian right-wing, authoritarian aesthetic.
    — Daniel Castro, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The incumbent king, Richard III, a York, was killed on the battlefield, and Henry Tudor ascended the throne as Henry VII.
    — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of ascended
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  • Of the outbound traffic, four vessels — including a tanker laden with 2 million barrels of Saudi crude - sailed with their satellite trackers off.
    — Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Following the defeat of British forces, William Franklin sailed for London in 1782.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
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