parabolic

Example Sentences

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"They need a satellite receiver equipped with a large parabolic antenna," said Beskrestnov.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

“We’ve seen parabolic moves in gold and silver,” said Ron Albahary, chief investment officer at Laird Norton Wetherby.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 1, 2026

Jordi Visser, head of research at 22V, also sees a pullback given silver’s parabolic surge over the past year.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

Front-month gold futures continued their parabolic move toward $5,000 a troy ounce, closing Friday at $4,976.20.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

We waded into the crowd, hands linked, our snaking line slightly parabolic in the middle where Olive buoyed up like an astronaut walking on the moon.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs