skyrocket
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Refineries are collecting on record-high margins for diesel and other fuels as global supplies shrink and prices skyrocket.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The G7 has agreed to release 100 million barrels of oil and diesel in a bid to ease supply pressures that have caused prices to skyrocket.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
It started on a platform called Popshoplive to sell Hello Kitty and other items, but sales didn’t skyrocket until it switched to TikTok Shop in 2023.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Wall Street expectations for an interest-rate hike at the Fed’s next big meeting in mid-September would skyrocket.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
On the top step he let out a shriek that one witness likened to the scream of a skyrocket.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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They tend to operate during the coldest or hottest hours, when demand for electricity skyrockets and the power grid is stressed, said Form’s chief executive and co-founder, Mateo Jaramillo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Investors have also been debating whether memory-chip makers can escape their historic boom-bust cycles as AI demand skyrockets.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
Singapore's economy grew six percent year-on-year in the first quarter as demand skyrockets for artificial intelligence chips, balancing the fallout from the Middle East war, the government said Monday.
From Barron's ● May 25, 2026
Swinney accused UK ministers of "twiddling their thumbs" while the cost of living for rural households skyrockets.
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2026
The same is true of Fourth of July equipment, flags and bunting and skyrockets.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
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An openly gay artist, Guitarrica skyrocketed to fame when his mournful, late-night lament “El Conticinio” found viral success after he uploaded it to Soundcloud in 2018.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
The number of fires in Amazonas state skyrocketed in September and October this year compared to the same period in 2025.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
Carrey purchased the Los Angeles property for $3.8 million in 1994—the same year his career skyrocketed with the release of “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective,” “The Mask,” and “Dumb and Dumber.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
The salience of A.I. concerns has skyrocketed overnight.
From Slate ● Sep. 19, 2026
Demand was so great that the price skyrocketed from ten cents to two dollars and fifty cents per copy in New York City.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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The city’s independent ratepayer advocate Timothy O’Connor agreed that high temperatures were a big driver of the skyrocketing bills, with more people moving into Tier 2 and Tier 3.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
That conflict has sent the cost of petrol - and in particular diesel - skyrocketing, souring his standing with the American public.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
Both artificial-intelligence companies are working toward initial public offerings amid skyrocketing capital expenditures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Taiwan's exports hit a record high of $87.2 billion in September, the government said Thursday, thanks to skyrocketing global demand for artificial intelligence hardware.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
An effective test-prep class—one that drills students repeatedly on the kinds of questions they will encounter on a specific test—can, in a given year, send test scores skyrocketing.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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