skyrocket
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"The way rugby's going and what Pollock is doing, his value over the next couple of years will skyrocket, and I think the value of rugby will."
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Premiums skyrocket when enrollment is delayed until later years, because insurers must account for the higher probability of the insured person making immediate claims, giving less time for the insurer to collect and invest premiums.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
It wants to rival South Korea's Samsung Electronics and SK hynix, and US giant Micron, companies that have also seen profits and share prices skyrocket in recent months.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
To my surprise not one skyrocket, bottle rocket or firecracker was missing.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
“I didn’t expect fundamental deterioration in the underlying mortgage pools to hit critical levels for a couple years,” he said—when the teaser rates would vanish and monthly payments would skyrocket.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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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
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
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
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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In Horry County, of which Myrtle Beach is the largest city, the population has skyrocketed in recent decades.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026
Most notable, though, was Norway forward Haaland, whose popularity skyrocketed as fans flocked to his Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat accounts.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
While no agency tracks these cases nationwide, three firms that help secure these kinds of residences said interest in so-called golden visas has skyrocketed in the past five years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
The mega firms’ revenue skyrocketed compared with the firms that chose to remain lean, according to industry data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
He compares his newfound sense of color to tulip mania, when the Dutch were so obsessed with tulips that everyone wanted them and the price of bulbs skyrocketed.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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Now, the shipping industry is navigating skyrocketing rates and scarce capacity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
The odds of this forecast coming true are close to nil; employment almost never collapses by that much, and never when output is skyrocketing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Now, millions of Californians are losing their health coverage, and millions more are being forced to pay skyrocketing costs,” SEIU-UHW Press Secretary Renee Saldana wrote in a statement to The Times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Consumer activity is anemic while debt defaults are skyrocketing.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 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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