skyrocket
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"All the costs are really starting to skyrocket."
From Barron's • May 31, 2026
This total includes unpaid caregiving, but if a person needs care in a nursing home, the costs quickly skyrocket to more than $100,000 a year.
From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026
That closure has impacted the world's supplies of oil and liquid natural gas, and caused energy prices to skyrocket.
From BBC • May 5, 2026
Without question, the group has been rocked by earlier recession fears and the Middle East conflict, which caused energy prices to skyrocket.
From Barron's • Apr. 20, 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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