skyrocket

Example Sentences

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He says cost pressures have "never been as bad", adding "we're hammered from every direction" by skyrocketing sugar and chocolate prices, national minimum wage increases and rises in business rates.

From BBC

The proposal raises hopes that legislators can reach a deal to keep the ACA subsidies and prevent premiums from skyrocketing next year.

From Barron's

While a separate issue from reselling, that demand-reactive pricing system showed ticket costs skyrocketing in real time while fans waited in digital lines to buy them.

From Los Angeles Times

You couldn’t predict in advance that Russia was going to invade Ukraine, and wheat went skyrocketing higher.

From MarketWatch

Inflation skyrocketed, the country's foreign exchange reserves dropped precipitously, and its foreign debt doubled since 2016.

From BBC