skyrocket
Example Sentences
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Or, in the case of beef, utility bills and insurance, skyrocket.
From Los Angeles Times
The publicity generated by the fallout duly prompted the company's sales to skyrocket.
From BBC
“I know right now the price is skyrocketing, but I have no plans of selling,” he said.
As the price of quarterbacks around the league has skyrocketed, so has the cost of staking your fortune to the wrong one.
The soldiers had been sent on patrol as part of the government's crackdown on criminal gangs in the country, which has seen its crime rate skyrocket as the gangs' power has expanded.
From BBC
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