vault up

Example Sentences

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The young Thunder have won six of seven to vault up the Western Conference standings.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 28, 2023

He made the call to stop for intermediate tyres at exactly the right time and was able to vault up into second, in what could be a critical move in a championship battle so close.

From BBC • Sep. 26, 2021

If Angels owner Arte Moreno wants to right the ship, he should open the vault up and give the Dodgers’ Andrew Friedman the biggest contract ever for a baseball executive.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2020

The most rare ruling on our list occurred at the Wyndham Championship, where Brendan Steele was attempting to vault up the FedEx Cup standings to try to advance to the FedEx Cup Playoffs.

From Golf Digest • Dec. 19, 2019

I let the train pull me along for three long strides, and then use its velocity to vault up and inside.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen