vaulting

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According to his 1409 biography, Boucicaut was a paragon of knighthood and an athlete who followed a punishing physical training regime, capable of vaulting fully armed onto his horse’s back.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

The VIX rallied 25% to start the week, vaulting above its 200-day simple moving average and approaching the very round $20 number.

From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026

Polls in the last couple of days have shown him taking a serious hit, perhaps even vaulting Miyares into the lead.

From Slate • Oct. 11, 2025

That includes mollifying the person who made her vice president, thus vaulting Harris to top-tier status should she run again.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2025

There are only two forms of rebellion I have seen any evidence of and neither of them challenges the vaulting social hierarchy above us.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich