as in leaping
to propel oneself upward or forward into the air
vaulted over the obstacle with ease
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Recent Examples of vaulting
But despite vaulting her toward an Emmy nomination in 2020, the visibility of a major network TV show didn’t come with a clean, cinematic sense of arrival.
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 20 Mar. 2026
On her final attempt, Gu stomped a left double-cork 1260 with a toxic grab, vaulting from sixth place into silver-medal position.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 19 Feb. 2026
The performance featured table-vaulting parkour and 3-meter aerial flips that pushed the hardware to its structural limits.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Feb. 2026
That’s a not-inconsequential $24,000 a year, vaulting Orange Unified’s members into the upper echelons of school board compensation in Orange County.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 4 Feb. 2026
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 20 Mar. 2026
On her final attempt, Gu stomped a left double-cork 1260 with a toxic grab, vaulting from sixth place into silver-medal position.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 19 Feb. 2026
The performance featured table-vaulting parkour and 3-meter aerial flips that pushed the hardware to its structural limits.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Feb. 2026
That’s a not-inconsequential $24,000 a year, vaulting Orange Unified’s members into the upper echelons of school board compensation in Orange County.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 4 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vaulting
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Still, Boeing’s suddenly gone from a standstill to possibly leaping ahead of its European competitor in the what will be the world’s fastest growing market.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
14 May 2026
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Only one of those came from a corner, and that was Jesse Derry’s worrying collision with Nottingham Forest’s Zach Abbott this month when leaping for a second ball.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
14 May 2026
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San Antonio quickly backed up that sentiment in Game 3, jumping out to a 15-0 lead in its first home game of the series.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
23 May 2026
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Start with the facts before jumping into the bigger meaning.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
23 May 2026
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From island hopping along the always-sunny Maldives and admiring pink sands in the Bahamas, to coconut mangrove-trekking in the Philippines and biking past pineapple fields in French Polynesia, tropical charm manifests in an array of ways.—
Skyli Alvarez,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 May 2026
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That sense of curiosity is what continues to pull Cabello to travel, even after years spent hopping between continents for work.—
Jesse Scott,
Travel + Leisure,
16 May 2026
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“Vaulting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vaulting. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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