skyrocket
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Now, many of them are going electric, especially in China, as diesel prices skyrocket and new technology makes it possible for heavy-duty trucks to charge quickly or swap batteries in minutes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
But orders skyrocket in the lead-up to the Day of the Dead, when hundreds of thousands of sheets of paper are used to deck out towns and cities.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
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
David Fyfe, chief economist at Argus Media, notes that cutting off American supply would likely cause international prices to skyrocket.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 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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Already big companies have begun rationing AI as employee usage of the “tokens” that measure chatbot and agent use skyrockets, without necessarily helping productivity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
Samsung, which makes memory chips essential for AI data centres, has also seen its value and profits soar as global demand skyrockets.
From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026
As demand for artificial intelligence skyrockets, AI companies have been grasping for solutions to flatten the steep cost curve of compute.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 18, 2026
Directed by Jay Roach and written by Tony McNamara, Theo is an architect whose career collapses at the same time as his wife's career as an up-and-coming chef skyrockets.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2025
The same is true of Fourth of July equipment, flags and bunting and skyrockets.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
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Diesel fuel, the main way to power trucks, has skyrocketed in price owing to wars in the Middle East.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
How about the news that the percentage of U.S. households actually paying for AI has just skyrocketed to an all-time high of… er… 2.2%?
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
Maas is also credited with fuelling interest in the romantasy genre, which has skyrocketed in popularity due to its discussion on social media.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
Stewart, who bought his home long before housing costs skyrocketed, now pays it forward.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
A decade later, that number had skyrocketed to more than 40,000 warheads and bombs.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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You may have noticed that this nirvana came crashing down a few years ago, when inflation, interest rates and the cost of debt began skyrocketing.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
It’s true that other countries have seen skyrocketing measles cases, especially Indonesia, Guatemala, India and Bangladesh, with the latter registering over 65,000 infections in the last 12 months.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026
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
This confluence of factors coupled with rising wait times and skyrocketing costs of compute are crippling a generation of newcomers trying to compete with Google, Anthropic and OpenAI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
My stomach a hard ball, my pulse skyrocketing again, I left his office without shaking his outstretched hand.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
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